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This section includes 92 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cell Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
51. |
How wide is chromatid? |
A. | 100 nm |
B. | 200 nm |
C. | 1000 nm |
D. | 700 nm |
Answer» E. | |
52. |
Which of following enzymes swivels and rejoins DNA to release tension created by replication? |
A. | telomerase |
B. | topoisomerase |
C. | helicase |
D. | proteases |
Answer» C. helicase | |
53. |
What is initial error rate of DNA replication? |
A. | 10⁵ |
B. | 10² |
C. | 10⁹ |
D. | 10¹ |
Answer» B. 10² | |
54. |
How many DNA repair enzymes have been found so far in humans? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 100 |
C. | 150 |
D. | 900 |
Answer» C. 150 | |
55. |
Bases are stacked apart at how much distance? |
A. | 0.34 |
B. | 0.1 |
C. | 0.25 |
D. | 0.65 |
Answer» B. 0.1 | |
56. |
Which of following proteins are responsible for first level packaging of DNA? |
A. | hemoglobin |
B. | chromatin |
C. | histones |
D. | helicase |
Answer» D. helicase | |
57. |
Changes in telomere with time are associated with which of following? |
A. | apoptosis |
B. | cancer |
C. | aging |
D. | respiration |
Answer» D. respiration | |
58. |
What is error rate in final DNA replicated molecule? |
A. | 1 in 10,000 |
B. | 1 in 500 |
C. | 1 in 10 |
D. | 1 in 10¹⁰ |
Answer» E. | |
59. |
Which of following is a DNA cutting enzyme? |
A. | topoisomerase |
B. | helicase |
C. | protease |
D. | nuclease |
Answer» B. helicase | |
60. |
How many nucleotide pairs are present in E Coli? |
A. | 4.6 million |
B. | 8 million |
C. | 100000 |
D. | 500 million |
Answer» B. 8 million | |
61. |
A defect in DNA repair enzymes is one of causative factors of |
A. | alzheimer's disease |
B. | parkinson's disease |
C. | cancer |
D. | polio |
Answer» D. polio | |
62. |
Which of following play a part in DNA synthesis? |
A. | polymerase I |
B. | polymerase II |
C. | polymerase IV |
D. | polymerase V |
Answer» B. polymerase II | |
63. |
Which of following structures of DNA was erroneously proposed by Linus Pauling? |
A. | triple stranded |
B. | double stranded |
C. | aplha |
D. | alpha helix |
Answer» B. double stranded | |
64. |
Loose packaging of which of following makes DNA more accessible to transcription machinery? |
A. | clumped chromatin |
B. | diffused chromatin |
C. | Euchromatin |
D. | heterochromatin |
Answer» D. heterochromatin | |
65. |
In which of following cells activity of telomerase is abnormally high? |
A. | heart cells |
B. | cancer cells |
C. | muscle cells |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. muscle cells | |
66. |
What is diameter of DNA double helix in a eukaryotic cell? |
A. | 1 nm |
B. | 3 nm |
C. | 5 nm |
D. | 2 nm |
Answer» E. | |
67. |
About how many enzymes participate in DNA replication? |
A. | 12 |
B. | 90 |
C. | 100 |
D. | 2 |
Answer» B. 90 | |
68. |
Telomeres undergo which of following changes in each replication round? |
A. | shorten |
B. | elongate |
C. | no change |
D. | fall off |
Answer» B. elongate | |
69. |
Which of following enzymes joins sugar-phosphate backbone? |
A. | helicase |
B. | topoisomerase |
C. | ligase |
D. | proteases |
Answer» D. proteases | |
70. |
Spontaneous and permanent changes in DNA sequence are called |
A. | mutations |
B. | changes |
C. | deletions |
D. | translocations |
Answer» B. changes | |
71. |
Which of following molecules make backbone of DNA molecule? |
A. | sugar-phosphate |
B. | sugar-base |
C. | base-phosphate |
D. | base-sugar-phosphate |
Answer» B. sugar-base | |
72. |
Which of following binds to and stabilizes single-stranded DNA until it is used as a template? |
A. | helicase |
B. | topoisomerase |
C. | DNA polymerase I |
D. | single strand binding proteins |
Answer» E. | |
73. |
Which of following techniques is used by Crick to study protein structure? |
A. | electron microscope |
B. | microscope |
C. | X ray crystallography |
D. | circular dichroism |
Answer» D. circular dichroism | |
74. |
Which of following compensates for telomere shortening? |
A. | topoisomerase |
B. | telomere repair |
C. | helicase |
D. | telomerase |
Answer» E. | |
75. |
Xeroderma pigmentosum is caused by a defect in which of following enzymes? |
A. | helicase |
B. | topoisomerase |
C. | protease |
D. | nucleotide excision repair enzyme |
Answer» E. | |
76. |
Which of following is not a nitrogenous base of DNA? |
A. | alanine |
B. | guanine |
C. | adenine |
D. | cytosine |
Answer» B. guanine | |
77. |
Interphase chromatin visible as irregular clumps is called |
A. | clumped chromatin |
B. | diffused chromatin |
C. | Euchromatin |
D. | heterochromatin |
Answer» E. | |
78. |
Which of following enzymes catalyzes synthesis of new DNA strand? |
A. | primase |
B. | topoisomerase |
C. | helicase |
D. | DNA polymerase |
Answer» E. | |
79. |
Which of following extends out at end of nucleosome? |
A. | histone tail |
B. | DNA 3 prime end |
C. | DNA 5 prime end |
D. | linker DNA |
Answer» B. DNA 3 prime end | |
80. |
How many nucleotides long is Okazaki fragment in eukaryotes? |
A. | 100 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 20 |
D. | 1000 |
Answer» B. 10 | |
81. |
Which of following is an example of a purine base? |
A. | thymine |
B. | uracil |
C. | adenine |
D. | cytosine |
Answer» D. cytosine | |
82. |
DNA helix makes one full turn after what distance along its length? |
A. | 10 nm |
B. | 5 nm |
C. | 3.4 nm |
D. | 1 nm |
Answer» D. 1 nm | |
83. |
An RNA primer is consist of how many nucleotides? |
A. | 3 |
B. | 30 |
C. | 20 |
D. | 10 |
Answer» E. | |
84. |
Complex of DNA and proteins is called |
A. | chromosome |
B. | linker DNA |
C. | chromatin |
D. | nucleolus |
Answer» D. nucleolus | |
85. |
Which of following bases is exclusive to RNA molecules? |
A. | guanine |
B. | thymine |
C. | cytosine |
D. | uracil |
Answer» E. | |
86. |
Which of following bases binds with Uracil in RNA? |
A. | guanine |
B. | cytosine |
C. | adenine |
D. | thymine |
Answer» D. thymine | |
87. |
How many different DNA polymerases have been found in eukaryotes? |
A. | 1 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 45 |
D. | 11 |
Answer» E. | |
88. |
What is rate of elongation of DNA in humans? |
A. | 1 per second |
B. | 10 per second |
C. | 50 per second |
D. | 100 per second |
Answer» D. 100 per second | |
89. |
Y shaped region where parent DNA strands are being unwound is called |
A. | replication fork |
B. | replication bubble |
C. | Y fork |
D. | helix |
Answer» B. replication bubble | |
90. |
How many genes are present in E Coli? |
A. | 4400 |
B. | 1000 |
C. | 100 |
D. | 6000 |
Answer» B. 1000 | |
91. |
Replication of DNA molecule follows which of following rule? |
A. | conservative |
B. | semi conservative |
C. | replicative |
D. | destructive |
Answer» C. replicative | |
92. |
Nucleosomes have which of following function besides DNA packaging? |
A. | gene silencing |
B. | gene expression |
C. | DNA replication |
D. | protein translation |
Answer» C. DNA replication | |