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This section includes 175 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cell Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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 | |