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Match column I with column II and select the CORRECT option.
 
  Column I   Column II
i Meselson and Stahl 1. Transduction
ii Jacob and Monod 2. X-ray diffraction data of DNA
iii Hershey and Chase 3. Semi-conservative DNA replication
iv Wilkins and Franklin 4. One gene one enzyme hypothesis
v Beadle and Tatum 5. Operon system

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Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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What was the key finding from Griffith's experiments using live and heat-killed pathogenic bacteria?
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A molecule that can act as a genetic material must fulfill the traits given below, except
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Match the scientists of Column - I with their contributions in Column - II
  Column - I   Column - II
i Griffith p Lac Operon
ii Jacob and Monad q DNA is the genetic material
iii Meselson and Stahl r Transforming principle
iv Hershey and Chase s DNA replicates semi-conservatively
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Identify the correct order of organization of genetic material from largest to smallest :
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Identify the labels marked A, B, C, D in a sequence in the illustrated diagram.

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Choose the correct statement
I) Secondary metabolites do not have identifiable physiological processes in plants, fungal and microbial cells
II) Bio macromolecules are acid insoluble organic compounds with mol wt more than 10,000 daltons
III) Uridylic acid and cytidylic acids are derived from uracil and cytosine by esterification
IV) Lecithin and lectin are phospholipids found in cell membrane
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A student grew virus in three different media containing P32, S35 and DNAase separately and allow this virus to attack to E. coli. The series of observation made by the students are as follows:

a) P32 labelled phage particles were produced in E. coli.
b) S35 containing phage particles were produced E. coli.
c) Phage particles were observed in E. coli.

d) P32 was not observed in phage particles produced by E. coli.
e) S35 was not observed in phage particles produced by E. coli.

The correct observations are

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A bacterial strain S was heat killed. Another strain R (living) was taken and mixed with this S strain. This mixture of S+R strains were injected into mice. Which of the following are observed by Griffith?

I. The cells of S strain were dead in dead mice.

II. The bacterial cells without polysaccharide coat are transformed into virulent strain in the injected mice.

II. Griffith could not find living S strain in the body of dead mice.

IV. Griffith could find living S strain in the body of dead mice.

The correct combination is:

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In sea urchin DNA, which is double-stranded, 17% of the bases were shown to be cytosine. What are the percentages of other three bases expected to be present in this DNA?
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DNA molecule which has the highest number of hydrogen bonds
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DNA molecule has length of 476 A with 20% guanosine. Choose the correct features of DNA

I) 56 CTP
II) 336 Hydrogen bonds
III) Total 150 nucleotides
IV) 84 TTP

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Choose the wrong statements from the given below
A) Lederberg and Tatum found that the bacterium donates entire genetic material to recipient
B) Ehrenberg established link between bacteria and infectious diseases
C) Pasteur showed about the significant changes of nature brought by bacteria
D) Griffith discovered recipient cells of bacteria acquire previous characters
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Choose the incorrect statements from the following:
A) A nitrogen base is linked to the sugar through peptide linkage to form a nucleoside.
B) A polynucleotide chain has free phosphate moiety at 5 end of sugar.
C) In RNA, nucleotide residue has an additional --OH group at 2nd the position of the ribose sugar.
D) It is observed that in DNA, the A: T ratio and C: G ratio are not constant all the time.
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The final proof for DNA as the genetic material came from the experiments of