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  1. Direction of RNA Synthesis ----- Direction of reading of template DNA Strand

    3 5------5 3

  2. Direction of RNA Synthesis ----- Direction of reading of template DNA Strand

    5 3------5 3

  3. Direction of RNA Synthesis---- Direction of reading of template DNA Strand

    3 5------3 5

  4. Direction of RNA Synthesis - ---- Direction of reading of template DNA Strand

    5 3 ----- 3 5

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Correct Option: D

Identify the DNA segment which is not pallindromic

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  1. 5'-GAATTC -3'

    3'-CTTAAG-5'

  2. 5'-CCCGGG-3'

    3'-GGGCCC-5'

  3. 5-GGATCC-3'

    3' GGTACC-5'

  4. 5'-GCGGCCGC-3'

    3-CGCCGGCG-5'

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Correct Option: C

The terminator/stop codons UGA, UAG and UAA

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  1. Initiate translation

  2. Do not code for any amino acid

  3. Code for only one amino acid

  4. Code for more than one amino acid

  5. Initiate transcription

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following alternations in DNA is likely to be lethal?

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  1. Substitution of adenine for cytosine

  2. Substitution of methyl cytosine for cytosine

  3. Deletion of thee nucleotides

  4. Insertion of one nucleotide

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Correct Option: A

An increased melting temperature for duplex DNA results from a high content of _________________.

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  1. Adenine$+$ guanine

  2. Cytosine$+$thymine

  3. Cytosine$+$guanine

  4. Adenine$+$ cytosine

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Correct Option: A

The successive nucleotides of RNA are covalently linked through ______________.

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  1. Glycoside bonds

  2. Hydrogen bonds

  3. Phosphodiester bonds

  4. Peptide bonds

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Correct Option: A

In nematode resistance by RNA interference , some specific genes were introduced which form ds RNA these were introduced in ?

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  1. Nematode

  2. Host plant

  3. Agrobacteroum

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: A

The discovery of DNA helix was made by

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  1. Wilkins

  2. Franklin

  3. Astbury

  4. Chargaff

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Correct Option: A

Okazaki segments develop in

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  1. Newly synthesised leading strand

  2. Newly synthesised lagging strand

  3. Master strand

  4. Template strands of DNA

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Correct Option: A

The double helix of DNA consists of

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  1. Phosphodiester bonds

  2. Stacking of bases

  3. Base pairing

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D