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76 If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is 45%, the amount of guanine in this DNA will be
[1] 22.5%
[2] 27.5%
[3] 45%
[4] 55%
Answer: 27.5%
77 Number of nitrogenous bases in a Codon is
[1] 3
[2] 2
[3] 1
[4] 5
Answer: 3

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78 DNA has equal number of adenine and thymine residues (A = T) and equal number of guanine and cytosine (G = C). These relationships are known as
[1] Chargaff's rule
[2] Coulomb's law
[3] Le-Chatelier's principle
[4] Van't Hoff plot
Answer: Chargaff's rule
79 RNA polymerase is only capable of catalyzing the process of ______.
[1] Termination
[2] Initiation
[3] Elongation
[4] All of the above
Answer: Elongation
80 E. coli cells with a mutated z gene of the lac operon cannot grow in medium containing only lactose as the source of energy because
[1] They cannot synthesize functional beta galactosidase
[2] They cannot transport lactose from the medium into the cell
[3] The lac operon is constitutively active in these cells
[4] In the presence of glucose, E. coli cells do not utilize lactose
Answer: They cannot synthesize functional beta galactosidase
81 Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that
[1] Cells need specific enzymes in order to function
[2] Genes are made of DNA
[3] Enzymes are required to repair damage
[4] Genes carry information for making proteins
Answer: Genes carry information for making proteins
82 Molecular scissors which cut DNA at specific site is
[1] Pectinase
[2] Polymerase
[3] Restriction endonuclease
[4] Ligase
Answer: Restriction endonuclease
83 A gene of operon which synthesizes a repressor protein is ______.
[1] Promoter gene
[2] Operator gene
[3] Structural gene
[4] Regulator gene
Answer: Regulator gene
84 Central dogma of protein synthesis is
[1] DNA → RNA → Protein
[2] DNA → DNA → Protein
[3] RNA → DNA → Protein
[4] DNA → protein → RNA
Answer: DNA → RNA → Protein
85 WThe region of tRNA which consists of three bases complementary to a mRNA codon is ______.
[1] Codon
[2] Intron
[3] Anticodon
[4] Interferon
Answer: Anticodon
86 Balbiani rings are the sites of
[1] DNA replication
[2] RNA and protein synthesis
[3] Synthesis of lipids
[4] Synthesis of polysaccharides
Answer: RNA and protein synthesis
87 Production of a human protein in bacteria by genetic engineering is possible because
[1] Bacterial cell can carry out the RNA splicing reactions
[2] The mechanism of gene regulation is identical in humans and bacteria
[3] The human chromosome can replicate in bacterial cell
[4] The genetic code is universal
Answer: The genetic code is universal
88 The genetic material of Rabies virus is
[1] Double stranded RNA
[2] Single stranded RNA
[3] Double stranded DNA
[4] ssDNA
Answer: Single stranded RNA
89 There are 64 codons in the genetic dictionary as
[1] There are 64 amino acids to be coded
[2] Genetic code has a triplet nature
[3] There are 3 nonsense codons and 61 sense codons
[4] There are 64 different types of t-RNA
Answer: Genetic code has a triplet nature
90 DNA sequence that code for protein are known as
[1] Introns
[2] Exons
[3] Control regions
[4] Intervening sequences
Answer: Exons

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