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Questions Related to genome projects

Number of histone molecules in each nucleosome core is

  1. 14

  2. 12

  3. 10

  4. 8


Correct Option: D

If the codon GGU is reversed, the resulting codon will code for amino acid

  1. Tyr

  2. Trp

  3. Leu

  4. Thr


Correct Option: B

Choose the wrong statement regarding the observation drawn from Human Genome Project

  1. Repetitive sequences are stretches of RNA

  2. Less than 2% of the genome codes for protein

  3. Chromosome Y has the fewest number of genes

  4. SNPs help in tracing human history

  5. Repetive sequences make up a very large portion of the human genome


Correct Option: A

How many sense codons code for 20 human essential amino acids

  1. 61

  2. 62

  3. 63

  4. 64


Correct Option: A

Human genome project (HGP) was initiated in

  1. 1988

  2. 1990

  3. 1992

  4. 1994


Correct Option: B

Human genome project was started in

  1. $1989$

  2. $1990$

  3. $1992$

  4. $1995$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Human Genome Project was started in 1990 with the goal of sequencing and identifying all 3 billion chemical units in the human genetic instruction set, finding the genetic roots of disease and then developing treatments.

So, the correct answer is '1990'.

As per latest information human genome has

  1. $3,00,000$ genes

  2. $20,000$ genes

  3. $3,000$ genes

  4. $300$ genes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
There are an estimated 19,000-20,000 human protein-coding genes. The estimate of the number of human genes has been repeatedly revised down from initial predictions of 100,000 or more as genome sequence quality and gene finding methods have improved and could continue to drop further.
So, the correct answer is '20,000 genes'.

Main aim of human genome project is to

  1. Introduce new genes into human beings.

  2. Identify and sequence all the genes present in human DNA.

  3. Develop better techniques to compare two human DNAs.

  4. Remove disease causing genes from human DNA.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Human genome project was a 13- year long project involving a global, long-term research effort to identify the estimated 30,000 genes in human DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and to figure out the sequences of almost 3 billion nucleotides that make up human DNA. It was completed in 2003.

So, the correct option is 'Identify and sequence all the genes present in human DNA.'

The state in which the viral genome gets integrated with the bacterial genome is called.

  1. Prophage

  2. Prophase

  3. Adsorption

  4. Lysogeny


Correct Option: A

The human genome contains (a) billion nucleotide bases. The average gene consists of (b) bases. Which option is correct for a & b?

  1. $a = 3, b = 3000$

  2. $a = 5, b = 3000$

  3. $a = 3, b = 2000$

  4. $a = 4, b = 3000$


Correct Option: A