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2651.

Which are the structural units of DNA?

A. Nitrogen base
B. Pentose sugar
C. nucleotide
D. phosphoric acid
Answer» D. phosphoric acid
2652.

Nucleic acids are related with which activity?

A. Digestion
B. Respiration
C. Reproduction
D. Heredity
Answer» E.
2653.

Nucleic acids are polymers of which molecules?

A. Nucleosides
B. Nucleotides
C. Polypeptides
D. polysomes
Answer» C. Polypeptides
2654.

The illustration given below is which nitrogen base:

A. Guanine
B. Cytosine
C. Uracil
D. Adenine
Answer» E.
2655.

Which of the following will be characteristically different in different living organism?

A. Protein
B. Nucleic acid
C. Enzyme
D. Carbohydrate
Answer» C. Enzyme
2656.

Chemically DNA differs from RNA by:

A. Thymine and deoxyribose present in DNA and Uracil and ribose in RNA
B. Uracil and deoxyribose in DNA and thymine and ribose in RNA
C. Deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA
D. Two nucleotide in DNA and one nucleotide in RNA
Answer» B. Uracil and deoxyribose in DNA and thymine and ribose in RNA
2657.

Which one of the following is the major component of chromosome?

A. Nucleic acid
B. Protein
C. Nitrogen base
D. Lipid
Answer» B. Protein
2658.

Nucleic acid contains which group of molecules in their constitution?

A. C, H, N and S
B. C, H, O, N and S
C. C, H, N, O, and P
D. C, H, N and O
Answer» D. C, H, N and O
2659.

A DNA stand is directly involved in the synthesis of all the following except –

A. Another DNA Stand
B. t- RNA
C. m-RNA
D. Protein
Answer» E.
2660.

What is Guanine?

A. Purine
B. Hormone
C. Enzyme
D. Pyrimidine
Answer» B. Hormone
2661.

Which two sequential carbon number of nucleotides join through phosphodiaster bond?

A. 3 and 5
B. 1 and 4
C. 1 and 6
D. 2 and 5
Answer» B. 1 and 4
2662.

The hydrogen bonds between adenine and guanine are

A. 2
B. 3
C. 1
Answer» E.
2663.

The classification of the protein in two types depends on

A. Structure and function
B. Types of amino acid
C. Numbers of amino acid
D. none above
Answer» B. Types of amino acid
2664.

Which is longest of all RNA?

A. m-RNA
B. t-RNA
C. r-RNA
D. None above
Answer» B. t-RNA
2665.

Nucleic acids means

A. A major components of chromosomes
B. Polynucleotide of structural units known as nucleotides
C. Small gene carrying bodies in the nuclei of complex cells
D. Both a & b
Answer» E.
2666.

What ‘A’ and ‘B’ indicates in the given structure?

A. A= CH2, B= N
B. A= (>C=0), B= NH
C. A= NH, B= NH
D. A=NH2, B=NH
Answer» E.
2667.

The DNA stands are antiparallel because of:

A. Ester bond
B. Phosphodiester bond
C. Disulphide bond
D. Hydrogen bond
Answer» C. Disulphide bond
2668.

m-RNA is the polymer of

A. Ribonucleotide
B. Ribonucleoside
C. Deoxyribonucleotide
D. Ribosome
Answer» B. Ribonucleoside
2669.

The distance between two chains of DNA molecules is:

A. 34 A°
B. 20 A°
C. 3.4 A°
D. 10 A°
Answer» C. 3.4 A°
2670.

Which one is known as adapter molecule?

A. DNA
B. m-RNA
C. t-RNA
D. r-RNA
Answer» D. r-RNA
2671.

Which one is two ringed nitrogenous base?

A. Thymine
B. Adenine
C. Cytosine
D. Uracil
Answer» C. Cytosine
2672.

The common instant source of energy of cellular activities is

A. Mitochondria
B. DNA
C. RNA
D. ATP
Answer» E.
2673.

The length of one complete spiral of DNA is:

A. 34 A°
B. 3.4 A°
C. 20 A°
D. 340 A°
Answer» B. 3.4 A°
2674.

Mention the example of dinuclotide in the given structure.

A. RNA with UA
B. RNA with CG
C. DNA with TA
D. DNA with CG
Answer» B. RNA with CG
2675.

The structure of DNA like a spiral ladder because

A. Purine and Pyrimidine are on the opposite side
B. Purine and Pyrimidine linked with hydrogen bond
C. All nucleotides join through a phosphodiester bond
D. Two polynucleotide chains arranged parallel to each other and are spirally Twisted
Answer» E.
2676.

Which is the part of DNA molecules that varies among DNA molecule

A. Pentose sugar
B. nitrogen base
C. phosphate
D. a & b both
Answer» C. phosphate
2677.

Which is the site of protein synthesis?

A. Chromosomes
B. DNA
C. Polysomes
D. Tonoplast
Answer» D. Tonoplast
2678.

Nitrogen bases do not contain

A. Phosphorus
B. Nitrogen
C. Hydrogen
D. Carbon
Answer» B. Nitrogen
2679.

Select the specific base pairs of DNA:

A. Adenine and Cytosine
B. Guanine and Adenine
C. Adenine and Thymine
D. Guanine and Uracil
Answer» D. Guanine and Uracil
2680.

Which of the following ratio is constant in the DNA of all the species?

A. A+U / T+C
B. A+G/ C+T
C. A+C / T+G
D. A+T / C+G
Answer» E.
2681.

Which one of the following bases is found only in RNA and not in DNA?

A. Guanine
B. Adenine
C. Uracil
D. Thymine
Answer» D. Thymine
2682.

Which are proportionally more compounds in all RNA’s?

A. m-RNA
B. t-RNA
C. r-RNA
D. a, b, c all
Answer» D. a, b, c all
2683.

The scientists who discovered the structure of DNA molecule

A. Miller and mandal
B. Khorana and Nirenberg
C. Calvin and Wilkinson
D. Waston and Crick
Answer» E.
2684.

Which is the special function of t-RNA?

A. Pick up code for m-RNA and bring it to r-RNA
B. Do protein synthesis
C. Carries the coded genetic information in to the cytoplasm
D. An adapter for attaching amino acid to m-RNA template during Protein synthesis
Answer» E.
2685.

Match the column and find out the correct combination

A. P-v, Q-iii, R-ii, S-i, T-iv
B. P-v, Q-iii, R-iv, S-I, T-ii
C. P-iii, Q-v, R-i, S- ii, T-iv
D. P-v, Q-i, R-ii, S-iii, T-iv
Answer» B. P-v, Q-iii, R-iv, S-I, T-ii
2686.

A molecule of ATP is structurally most similar to a molecule of?

A. RNA
B. Protein
C. Lipid
D. Amino acid
Answer» B. Protein
2687.

which kind of arrangement lies in the two polynucleotide chain of DNA?

A. Antiparallel and complementary
B. parallel and complementary
C. Independent
D. None above
Answer» B. parallel and complementary
2688.

The enzyme which removes hydrogen from the substrate is known as:

A. Oxido-reductase
B. Dehydrogenase
C. Hydrogenase
D. Hydrolyses
Answer» C. Hydrogenase
2689.

The RNA transporting amino acid to the protein synthesizing site known as

A. t-RNA
B. r-RNA
C. m-RNA
D. Any one of a, b, c
Answer» B. r-RNA
2690.

Enzymes are named after their substrate adding suffix –

A. —- In
B. — ase
C. — ose
D. — on
Answer» C. — ose
2691.

What is Ribozymes?

A. Only nucleic acids
B. ony protein
C. Some nucleic acids that behave like enzyme
D. M ore than one Ribosome
Answer» D. M ore than one Ribosome
2692.

Which one is not correct for enzyme?

A. They all are biocatalysts
B. They all are colloidal
C. They all are proteins
D. All proteins are enzymes
Answer» E.
2693.

Enzymes are polymers of:

A. Fatty acid
B. Phosphate
C. Amino acid
D. Nucleotides
Answer» D. Nucleotides
2694.

An enzyme brings about

A. Activation energy level
B. Increase in reaction time
C. Decrease in activation energy level
D. all above
Answer» D. all above
2695.

Which one of the following chemical is classified as an enzyme?

A. Try glyceride
B. Cellulose
C. Galactose
D. Sucrase
Answer» E.
2696.

Enzyme and substrate complementary each other such as

A. Pencil & eraser
B. Pen & Paper
C. Lock & key
D. all above
Answer» D. all above
2697.

Which one property is not true for enzyme?

A. It effective for one reaction is not useful in another reaction
B. It is amphoteric in nature
C. All enzymes are bidirectional
D. They are not destroyed
Answer» D. They are not destroyed
2698.

What is enzyme?

A. All proteins which are in all living cell
B. Chemicals which act as biological catalysts
C. All amino acid which are in polypeptide chain
D. All above
Answer» C. All amino acid which are in polypeptide chain
2699.

Which of the following is not true for enzyme

A. Water soluble and colloidal in nature
B. Lowers the activation energy level
C. Used up in the biochemical reaction
D. Affected by the change in temperature
Answer» D. Affected by the change in temperature
2700.

A temperature change from 30o

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. First increase and then decrease
D. First decrease and then increase
Answer» D. First decrease and then increase