Poll-20 Botany

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BOTANY (B-20)
Syllabus: Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Choose the correct answer. C. In prokaryotes, the DNA is not scattered

1. DNA acts as genetic material in most of the throughout the cell.
organisms. RNA though also acts as genetic
material in D. The DNA in nucleoid is organised in large loops
(1) Some prokaryotes held by proteins.
(2) Some viruses A B C D
(3) Primitive bacteria (1) T T T T
(4) Lower plants
2. RNA can act as (2) T F F T
a. Structural molecule (3) F F T F
b. Catalytic molecule (4) F F F T
c. Adapter molecule
d. Messenger 6. DNA is the hereditary material. It was concluded
first time by
(1) a & b only
(2) b & c only (1) Frederick Griffith
(3) c & d only (2) Hershey and Chase
(4) All a, b c and d
(3) Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
3. Which of the following is not found in DNA?
(1) Pentose sugar (4) Sutton and Morgan
(2) Phosphate group 7. Match the following columns and select the
(3) Deoxyuridine correct option.
(4) N-glycosidic linkage (i) Free 3’ OH group
A. RNA
4. Which of the following nucleotide sequences is present
contains only five purine bases?
(ii) Is only capable of
(1) UAGCGGUAA B. DNA
catalyzing the
(2) TGCCTAACG
process of
(3) GATCAATGC
elongation during
(4) GCUAGAGAA
transcription
5. State true (T) or false (F) for the following
statements and select the correct option. (iii) Requires DNA as
C. DNA polymerase
A. DNA polymer has free phosphate moiety at 5’ template for
end of sugar. replication
B. In 1953, Watson and Crick proposed very (iv) First genetic
D. RNA polymerase
simple double helix model for the structure of material
DNA.
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A B C D 13. GGU and GGC both code for glycine amino acid.
This shows both codons are
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(1) Ambiguous
(2) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(2) Degenerate
(3) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(3) Universal
(4) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(4) Unspecific
8. A: In humans, during replication the two strands of
DNA cannot be separated in its entire length in 14. Select the true statements for Sickle cell anaemia
one go.
a. It is due to change in a single base pair.
R: Unwinding of DNA requires high amount of b. Amino acid valine is changed to glutamic acid.
energy.
c. It occurs due to frame shift mutation.
(1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A d. It is an example of point mutation.
(2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct (1) a & b
explanation of A (2) b & c
(3) Only A is true, R is false (3) c & d
(4) Only R is true, A is false (4) a & d
9. Which of the following statements is false? 15. In prokaryotes, the process of translation begins
(1) In replication, the total DNA of an organism when
gets duplicated (1) 30S subunit of ribosome encounters mRNA
(2) In transcription, only a segment of DNA of only (2) Smaller subunit that is 40S encounters mRNA
one strand gets copied
(3) Activation of amino acids occurs
(3) In translation only coding strand codes for
proteins (4) Charging of tRNA occurs
(4) Replication and transcription follow the rule of 16. In lac operon, if operator gets mutated, then
complementarity (1) Lac mRNA will be formed even in the absence
10. RNA polymerase does not of lactose

(1) Bind to promoter for initiation of transcription (2) Repressor cannot be synthesized
(3) Repressor cannot bind with lactose
(2) Work on template dependent fashion
(4) RNA polymerase cannot bind to promoter
(3) Open the double helix DNA during
transcription 17. Read the following statements and select the
correct option.
(4) Use nucleotide triphosphate as substrates
A. In lac i gene, the term i does not refer to
during transcription inducer, rather it is derived from the word inhibitor.
11. Cistron and gene both are segments of DNA but B. Monomeric units of lactose are galactose and
cistron is necessarily glucose.
(1) Codes for adapter RNA (1) Only A is correct
(2) Codes for a polypeptide (2) Only B is correct
(3) Codes for tRNA (3) Both A & B are correct
(4) Codes for rRNA (4) Both A & B are incorrect
12. In eukaryotes, mature mRNA does not have 18. The sequence of human chromosome which was
(1) Exons completed only in May 2006 is
(2) 5’ methyl guanosine triphosphate (1) The longest chromosome
(3) Adenylate residues at 3’ end (2) An allosome
(4) Introns (3) Smallest gene containing called TDF
(4) Found in males but not in females

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19. VNTR probes 20. Mark the incorrect statement for DNA
fingerprinting.
a. Are complimentary to VNTRs.
(1) Is a technique which works on the principle of
b. Are DNA sequences.
polymorphism in DNA
c. Are single stranded.
(2) Has immense applications in the field of
(1) Only b genetic biodiversity
(2) Only a (3) Is technique to find out variations in individuals
(3) Only c of a population at DNA level

(4) All a, b & c (4) Is effective and applicable in identical twins

too

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