Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cytogenetics.

This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cytogenetics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Recombination occurs in ______________

A. Leptotene
B. Zygotene
C. Pachytene
D. Diplotene
Answer» D. Diplotene
2.

In case of chicken foot Holliday intermediate, the template strand for synthesis across lesion is___________

A. The parent strand aligned along strand with lesion
B. The parent strand aligned against lesion strand
C. The daughter strand with lesion
D. The daughter strand without lesion
Answer» E.
3.

In single stranded nick__________

A. The 3’-OH end of the nick invades other complete strands
B. Both the strands undergo fork regression
C. The nick is treated like an okazaki fragment point
D. The nick is bypassed without repair
Answer» B. Both the strands undergo fork regression
4.

Rec A doesn’t____________________

A. Line up the homologous chromosome with the one it surrounds
B. Perform spooling
C. Cleaves at recombination site
D. Help in branch migration
Answer» D. Help in branch migration
5.

IN_CASE_OF_CHICKEN_FOOT_HOLLIDAY_INTERMEDIATE,_THE_TEMPLATE_STRAND_FOR_SYNTHESIS_ACROSS_LESION_IS___________?$

A. The parent strand aligned along strand with lesion
B. The parent strand aligned against lesion strand
C. The daughter strand with lesion
D. The daughter strand without lesion
Answer» E.
6.

Recombination_occurs_in_______________$

A. Leptotene
B. Zygotene
C. Pachytene
D. Diplotene
Answer» D. Diplotene
7.

In single stranded nick_________?

A. The 3’-OH end of the nick invades other complete strands
B. Both the strands undergo fork regression
C. The nick is treated like an okazaki fragment point
D. The nick is bypassed without repair
Answer» B. Both the strands undergo fork regression
8.

The Ruv A of the resolvosome complex binds at________

A. On each chromosome on either side of branch point
B. At the branch point
C. After exchange
D. At the terminals
Answer» C. After exchange
9.

Rec A doesn’t____________________$

A. Line up the homologous chromosome with the one it surrounds
B. Perform spooling
C. Cleaves at recombination site
D. Help in branch migration
Answer» D. Help in branch migration
10.

How many Rec A are present in one turn around the single stranded chromosome?

A. 5.2
B. 9.0
C. 2.3
D. 6.2
Answer» E.
11.

Holliday intermediate could be mistaken for ___________ under microscope.

A. Hetero chromatin
B. Circular plasmid
C. Linear extracellular chromosome
D. Broken chromosome
Answer» C. Linear extracellular chromosome
12.

If there are 2 strands of chromosomes that can pair with a single strand, and they are both paired to the same strand, their junction is called_______________

A. Chimera
B. Chi
C. Double binding
D. Branch point
Answer» E.
13.

If an organism has 8 chromosomes in diploid condition, what will be the number of chromosomes after telophase of meiosis 1?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
Answer» D. 16
14.

Homologous DNA recombination in prokaryotes take place for________________

A. Increasing variability
B. Repair
C. Incorporation of gene
D. Taking up a plasmid from media
Answer» C. Incorporation of gene