Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

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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