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DNA, RNA and Experiments on Genetic Material, Class 12 Biology NCERT Solutions

1. There will be total 20 MCQ in this test.
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3. The test will consist of only objective type multiple choice questions requiring students to mouse-click their correct choice of the options against the related question number.
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6. All the best – Happy Studying

1. Who among the following scientists had no contribution in the development of the double helix model for the structure of DNA?
 
 
 
 

Question 1 of 20

2. DNA has genetic properties was revealed for the first time by
 
 
 
 

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3. The beginning of understanding genetic transformation in bacteria was made by
 
 
 
 

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4. DNA contains nucleobases, sugar and phosphate. Removal of which among these from a DNA sample will not significantly affect the length of DNA?
 
 
 
 

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5. According to Chargaff’s rule, which one is correct?
 
 
 
 

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6. Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a triplet?
 
 
 
 

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7. In Hershey and Chase experiments, radioactive 32P was used to culture bacteriophages which resulted in radioactive
 
 
 
 

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8. Which of the following is a structural subunit of DNA?
 
 
 
 

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9. Which of the following are the functions of RNA?
 
 
 
 

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10. While analysing the DNA of an organism, a total number of 5386 nucleotides were found out of which the proportion of different bases were Adenine = 29%, Guanine = 17%, Cytosine = 32% and Thymine = 17%. Considering the Chargaff’s rule, it can be concluded that
 
 
 
 

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11. Nitrogenous bases present in DNA:
 
 
 
 

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12. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that
 
 
 
 

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13. A typical nucleosome contains
 
 
 
 

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14. DNA nucleotides are attached by
 
 
 
 

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15. In the DNA molecule,
 
 
 
 

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16. Retroviruses have genetic material
 
 
 
 

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17. If the percentage of cytosine is 18%, then the percentage of adenine will be
 
 
 
 

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18. Uracil is present in RNA at the place of
 
 
 
 

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19. The genetic material of a viroid is
 
 
 
 

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20. The net electric charge on DNA and histones is
 
 
 
 

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