1.

Nucleic acids
A. are also called nucleotides
B. do not contain purine
C. are polymers
D. do not contain uracil

2. Which of the following will not be found in DNA?

A. thymine
B. uracil
C. adenine
D. guanine

3. A nucleotide is composed of
A. an acid, a base, and a sugar
B. a base, a sugar, and a phosphate
C. a base, and sugar
D. an acid, a sugar, and a phosphate

4. Oligonucleotides are formed from 2 to 10 __________.

A. strands
B. hydrogen bonds
C. nucleosides
D. nucleotides

5. The variable portion of DNA is the sequence of __________ .

A. phosphoric acids
B. sugars
C. bases
D. phosphates

6. Which pair is a complementary base pair?

A. C-G
B. A-G
C. A-C
D. G-G

7. Gene expression is activation of a gene to produce a specific __________ .

A. protein
B. tRNA
C. amino acid
D. DNA

8. _________ is the process of removing the __________ from pre-mRNA and joining the remaining
__________ together to form an mRNA molecule.
A. splicing, introns, exons
B. transcription, introns, exons
C. splicing, exons, introns
D. transcription, exons, introns
9. Which of the following can be a codon for an amino acid?
A. TTT
B. GG
C. AT
D. UUU

10. The codon is found on _________ , and the anticodon is found on ________ .
A. tRNA, mRNA
B. rRNA, mRNA
C. mRNA, tRNA
D. mRNA, Rrna

11. In double helix of DNA, the two DNA strands show which type of characteristics?
A. coiled around a common axis
B. coiled around each other
C. coiled differently
D. coiled over protein sheath

12. A nucleotide is formed of which of the following units?

A. nitrogen base and phosphate
B. nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
C. nitrogen base and sugar
D. sugar and phosphate

13. Which of the following nitrogenous base is not present in RNA?

A. adenine
B. thymine
C. cytosine
D. guanine

14. To which of the following does thymine form hydrogen bonds in DNA?
A. adenine
B. thymine
C. cytosine
D. guanine

15. What term is used to describe the process by which DNA is copied to produce two daughter DNA
molecules?
A. reproduction
B. replication
C. translation
D. transcription

16. What term is used to describe the process by which a segment of DNA is copied to produce a
molecule of messenger RNA?
A. reproduction
B. replication
C. translation
D. transcription

17. What amino acid is coded by the triplet of bases UAU?

A. phenylalanine
B. serine
C. tyrosine
D. cysteine

18. To which of the following does guanine form hydrogen bonds in DNA?
A. adenine
B. thymine
C. cytosine
D. guanine

19. A nucleoside is formed of which of the following units?

A. nitrogen base and phosphate
B. nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
C. nitrogen base and sugar
D. sugar and phosphate

20. DNA is composed of repeating units of ___________

A. ribonucleosides
B. deoxyribonucleosides
C. ribonucleotides
D. deoxyribonucleotides

21. Glycine and proline are the most abundant amino acids in which of the following structure?
A. Hemoglobin
B. Myoglobin
C. Insulin
D. Collagen

22. Which of the following statements about amino acids is correct?

A. Amino acids are uncharged at neutral pH
B. Amino acids are classified according to the structures and properties of their side chains
C. Amino acids in proteins are mainly in the D-configuration
D. Twenty four amino acids are commonly used in protein synthesis

23. Which of the following amino acids is mostly likely to disrupt an alpha helix?
A. Proline
B. Leucine
C. Glycine
D. Valine

24. Which amino acid can form disulphide bonds?

A. Proline
B. Leucine
C. Cysteine
D. Valine

25. Which of the following amino acid is a limiting amino acid in pulses?
A. Leucine
B. Lysine
C. Methionine
D. Glutami

26. Which of the characteristics below apply to amino acid Glycine?

A. Optically inactive
B. Hydrophilic, basic and charged
C. Hydrophobic
D. Hydrophilic, acidic and charged

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