Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cytogenetics.

This section includes 23 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cytogenetics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Name the antibiotic which inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotes?

A. Penicillin
B. Cycloheximide
C. Cinhonine
D. Chlorophenicol
Answer» C. Cinhonine
2.

Name the site where secreted protein synthesized?

A. ER membrane bound ribosomes
B. Mitochondrial ribosome
C. Membrane free ribosome
D. Chloroplast ribosome
Answer» B. Mitochondrial ribosome
3.

Which of the following transport involves translocation of the protein from cytosol to the nucleus?

A. Transmembrane transport
B. Vesicular transport
C. Non-gated transport
D. Gated transport
Answer» E.
4.

Which of the following statement is defines polysomes?

A. Lysosomal aggregation
B. Multiple units of ribosomes
C. Attachment of many ribosomes to common mRNA
D. Attachment of many mRNA to ribosomes
Answer» D. Attachment of many mRNA to ribosomes
5.

Which of the following is not a sorting signal present of protein?

A. Signal patch
B. Signal peptide
C. Carbohydrate sequence
D. Amino acid sequence
Answer» D. Amino acid sequence
6.

Which of the following Scientist discovered ribosome for the first time?

A. George Emil Palade
B. Theodor Schwann
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Hook
Answer» B. Theodor Schwann
7.

What is the sedimentation coefficient of mitochondrial ribosome of humans?

A. 70S
B. 55S
C. 80S
D. 60S
Answer» C. 80S
8.

Which of the following ribosomal RNA does not take part in rDNA organization of E.coli?

A. 5S RNA
B. 23S RNA
C. 16S RNA
D. 5.8S RNA
Answer» E.
9.

Eukaryotes have 80S ribosome.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
10.

Genetic information stored in mRNA is translated to polypeptide by ___________

A. Ribosome
B. Nucleus
C. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. Golgi apparatus
Answer» B. Nucleus
11.

METHIONINE_AMINO_PEPTIDASE_WILL_REMOVE_THE_N_TERMINAL_FORMYL_METHIONINE_IF_THE_N+1_AMINO_ACID_IS_________?$

A. Glycine
B. Phenyl alanine
C. Methionine
D. Tyrosine
Answer» B. Phenyl alanine
12.

The 50S ribosomal subunit is folded in ______ major domains.$

A. 20
B. 4
C. 10
D. 6
Answer» E.
13.

The_f-Met_tRNA_binds_to_ribosomal_________site$

A. P
B. A
C. E
D. G
Answer» B. A
14.

The Shine and Dalgarno is located in ____________

A. 5.8S rRNA ~ 20 nucleotide upstream to start site
B. mRNA ~ 10 nucleotide upstream to start site
C. 16S rRNA ~ 10 nucleotide upstream to start site
D. 23S rRNA ~ 10 nucleotide upstream to start site
Answer» D. 23S rRNA ~ 10 nucleotide upstream to start site
15.

State_whether_the_enzyme_PDF_is_a_novel_drug_target_for_antibiotics.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
16.

Which metal acts as a cofactor for Methionyl aminopeptidase?

A. Mg<sup>2+</sup>
B. Zn<sup>2+</sup>
C. Co<sup>2+</sup>
D. Mn<sup>2+</sup>
Answer» D. Mn<sup>2+</sup>
17.

The tRNA f-Met-tRNA binds to __________

A. Formyl methinone
B. Formic acid
C. Metionine
D. Glutamine
Answer» D. Glutamine
18.

The ribosomal peptidyl transferase transfers ___________

A. An isolated amino acid to the peptide chain
B. A peptide chain to an amino acid
C. A peptide chain to another peptide chain
D. An amino acid to a tRNA
Answer» C. A peptide chain to another peptide chain
19.

Which ribosome recognized the transcription initiation site of the mRNA?

A. 23S
B. 5S
C. 5.8S
D. 18S
Answer» E.
20.

Which of this is not a ribosomal protein?

A. L21
B. S34
C. L4
D. S21
Answer» C. L4
21.

If you gradually decrease the Mg2+ concentration of the solution of ribosomes, what will you expect?

A. The subunits will associate faster
B. The subunits will dissociate
C. rRNA will separate from its protein
D. The two subunits will dissociate into its rRNA
Answer» C. rRNA will separate from its protein
22.

Which of these is transcribed by RNA pol III?

A. 28S
B. 16S
C. 5.8S
D. 5S
Answer» E.
23.

Eukaryotic ribosomal subunits are _____________

A. 30S and 50S
B. 30S and 50S
C. 40S and 60S
D. 30S and 60S
Answer» D. 30S and 60S