Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cytogenetics.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cytogenetics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

What is the range of telomere suppression?

A. 1kb
B. 3kb
C. 4kb
D. 10kb
Answer» D. 10kb
2.

You transfer the DAM gene to the telomere of yeast. What will be your expected result?

A. Methylation at the A sites in specific sequence
B. Methylation at the C sites in specific sequence
C. No methylation at the A sites in specific sequence
D. No methylation at the C sites in specific sequence
Answer» D. No methylation at the C sites in specific sequence
3.

Which of these SIR proteins are having HDAC activity?

A. SIR1
B. SIR2
C. SIR3
D. SIR4
Answer» C. SIR3
4.

RAP1 binds to ____________

A. At the loop between enhancer and promoter
B. Linear repeated sequences
C. At the nuclosomes in telomere region
D. Specific sequences at telomere
Answer» C. At the nuclosomes in telomere region
5.

Under which condition will the yeast express a-alpha mating type?

A. HAT activation
B. TBP activation
C. HDAC inactivation
D. HAT inactivation
Answer» E.
6.

If a parent yeast is of mating type a, what will be the mating type of its bud?

A. a
B. alpha
C. rho
D. a-alpha
Answer» C. rho
7.

Yeast mating factor alpha is located in _________________

A. HMR
B. MAT
C. HML
D. HAT
Answer» D. HAT
8.

A eukaryotic cell can divide only a limited number of times.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
9.

We know that loss of DNA bases is highly mutagenic. But a loss of DNA bases from which region will not have much affect at all?

A. Centromere
B. Satellite region
C. Hot spots for recombination
D. Telomeres
Answer» E.
10.

RAP1 has a ___________________

A. Positive effect on transcription
B. No effect on transcription
C. Negative effect on transcription
D. Immensely positive effect on transcription
Answer» D. Immensely positive effect on transcription