Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

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151.

What is haploid genome size of humans?

A. 2000 mb
B. 9000 mb
C. 3000 mb
D. 200 mb
Answer» D. 200 mb
152.

In which year project ENCODE began?

A. 2000
B. 2001
C. 2002
D. 2003
Answer» E.
153.

In which year was Neanderthal genome sequenced?

A. 2010
B. 2011
C. 2012
D. 2013
Answer» B. 2011
154.

What is scientific name of present-day humans?

A. homo erectus
B. homo sapiens
C. Neanderthals
D. Mus musculus
Answer» C. Neanderthals
155.

A diploid organism has how many alleles per site?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
156.

Which of following functions in vertebrates is performed by FOXP2 gene?

A. muscle development
B. vocalization
C. coat color
D. eye color
Answer» C. coat color
157.

Which of following is scientific name for yeast?

A. drosophila melanogaster
B. pongo pygmaeus
C. saccharomyces cerevisiae
D. Caenorhabditis elegans
Answer» D. Caenorhabditis elegans
158.

What percentage of DNA in humans are regulatory sequences?

A. 10
B. 5
C. 18
D. 20
Answer» C. 18
159.

What percentage of plant species present today have shown polyploidy in their ancestors?

A. 0.1
B. 0.05
C. 0.8
D. 0.9
Answer» D. 0.9
160.

What is scientific name for corn?

A. Zea mays
B. drosophila melanogaster
C. Mus musculus
D. pongo pygmaeus
Answer» B. drosophila melanogaster
161.

Genome of E Coli has approximately how many million base pairs?

A. 1.2
B. 4.6
C. 4,8
D. 3.5
Answer» C. 4,8
162.

When did human genome project officially begin?

A. 1990
B. 2000
C. 2003
D. 2010
Answer» B. 2000
163.

What is function of hemoglobin protein?

A. carry oxygen
B. DNA replication
C. muscle development
D. carry carbon dioxide
Answer» B. DNA replication
164.

Sequences of DNA that can move from one place to another is called

A. gene
B. intron
C. transposable elements
D. moving elements
Answer» D. moving elements
165.

How many countries participated in human genome project?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Answer» C. 7
166.

How many million years ago humans and mice diverged?

A. 65.5
B. 30
C. 10
D. 100
Answer» B. 30
167.

Transposon 'Alu elements' account for how much of total human genome?

A. 0.1
B. 0.01
C. 0.03
D. 0.15
Answer» B. 0.01
168.

Which of following can show 3-dimensional structures of all proteins discovered so far?

A. Uniprot
B. sift
C. blast
D. protein data bank
Answer» E.
169.

Multiple copies of identical or similar genes clustered together are called

A. multigene family
B. clustered gene
C. polygene
D. gene group
Answer» B. clustered gene
170.

At least how many genes are present in any multicellular eukaryote?

A. 40000
B. 50000
C. 10000
D. 20000
Answer» B. 50000
171.

Transposable elements make what percentage of total corn genome?

A. 18
B. 1
C. 10
D. 85
Answer» E.
172.

Human genome project was completed using which of these sequencing methods?

A. Dideoxy chain termination method
B. next generation sequencing
C. third generation sequencing
D. microarrays
Answer» B. next generation sequencing
173.

Which of following structures protects chromosomes from joining with other chromosomes?

A. centromeres
B. telomeres
C. chromatin
D. histone
Answer» C. chromatin
174.

Humans and mice share what percentage of their genes?

A. 5
B. 13
C. 30
D. 85
Answer» E.
175.

What is scientific name for mouse?

A. Mus musculus
B. Zea mays
C. drosophila melanogaster
D. pongo pygmaeus
Answer» B. Zea mays