Operon model of gene regulation and organisation of prokaryotes was proposed by: (a) Messelson and Stahl (b) Wilkins and Franklin (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Jacob and Monod

Operon model of gene regulation and organisation of prokaryotes was proposed by: (a) Messelson and Stahl (b) Wilkins and Franklin (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Jacob and Monod
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Select the correct match. (a) Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae (b) Alfred Hershey and - TMV Martha Chase (c) Matthew Meselson - Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (d) Francois Jacob and - Lac operon Jacques Monod

Description : Select the correct match. (a) Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae (b) Alfred Hershey and - TMV Martha Chase (c) Matthew Meselson - Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (d) Francois Jacob and - Lac operon Jacques Monod

Last Answer : (a) Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae

Select the correct match. (a) Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae (b) Alfred Hershey and - TMV Martha Chase (c) Matthew Meselson - Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (d) Francois Jacob and - Lac operon Jacques Monod

Description : Select the correct match. (a) Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae (b) Alfred Hershey and - TMV Martha Chase (c) Matthew Meselson - Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (d) Francois Jacob and - Lac operon Jacques Monod

Last Answer : (d) Francois Jacob and - Lac operon Jacques Monod

Select the correct match : (1) Alec Jeffreys – Streptococcus pneumoniae (2) Alfred Hershey and – TMV Martha Chase (3) Matthew Meselson – Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (4) Francois Jacob and – Lac operon Jacques Monod

Description : Select the correct match : (1) Alec Jeffreys – Streptococcus pneumoniae (2) Alfred Hershey and – TMV Martha Chase (3) Matthew Meselson – Pisum sativum and F. Stahl (4) Francois Jacob and – Lac operon Jacques Monod

Last Answer : (4) Francois Jacob and – Lac operon Jacques Monod

One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was postulatedby (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) R. Franklin (c) Hershey and Chase (d) A. Garrod.

Description : One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was postulatedby (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) R. Franklin (c) Hershey and Chase (d) A. Garrod.

Last Answer : (c) Hershey and Chase

One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was postulatedby (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) R. Franklin (c) Hershey and Chase (d) A. Garrod

Description : One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was postulatedby (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) R. Franklin (c) Hershey and Chase (d) A. Garrod

Last Answer : (a) Beadle and Tatum

Select the two correct statements out of the four (i – iv) statements given below about lac operon. (i) Glucose or galactose may bind with the repressor and inactivate it. (ii) In the absence of lactose, the repressor binds with the operator region. (iii)The z-gene codes for permease. (iv) This was elucidated by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod. The correct statements are (a) (ii) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iii) (c) (ii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (ii)

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Last Answer : (c) (ii) and (iv)

That genes control heredity through their control on enzyme synthesis and that one gene controls the sythesis of one enzyme - the one gene one enzyme hypothesis — was proposed by (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) Darwin (c) Mendel (d) Morgan

Description : That genes control heredity through their control on enzyme synthesis and that one gene controls the sythesis of one enzyme - the one gene one enzyme hypothesis — was proposed by (a) Beadle and Tatum (b) Darwin (c) Mendel (d) Morgan

Last Answer : Ans:(a)

acob and Monod studied lactose metabolism in E. coli and proposed operon concept. Operon concept is applicable for (a) all prokaryotes (b) all prokaryotes and some eukaryotes (c) all prokaryotes and all eukaryotes (d) all prokaryotes and some protozoans

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Last Answer : (c) all prokaryotes and all eukaryotes

Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”? (a) Hershey and Chase (b) Morgan and Sturtevant (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Nirenberg and Mathaei

Description : Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”? (a) Hershey and Chase (b) Morgan and Sturtevant (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Nirenberg and Mathaei

Last Answer : (b) Morgan and Sturtevant

Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”? (a) Hershey and Chase (b) Morgan and Sturtevant (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Nirenberg and Mathaei

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Last Answer : (b) Morgan and Sturtevant

Reserve transcription was discovered by : (1) Beadle & Tatum (2) Waston & Crick (3) Temin & Baltimore (4) har Govind Khorana

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Last Answer : Temin & Baltimore

Chondriosome is discovered by: (a) Benda (b) Messelson (c) Dujardin (d) Taylor

Description : Chondriosome is discovered by: (a) Benda (b) Messelson (c) Dujardin (d) Taylor

Last Answer : Ans. ((a))

Regulator gene controls chemical synthesis (Operon concept) by (a) Inhibiting transcription of mRNA (b) Inhibiting enzymes (c) Inhibiting passage of mRNA (d) Inhibiting substrate enzyme reaction

Description : Regulator gene controls chemical synthesis (Operon concept) by (a) Inhibiting transcription of mRNA (b) Inhibiting enzymes (c) Inhibiting passage of mRNA (d) Inhibiting substrate enzyme reaction

Last Answer : Ans. ((a))

Which statement is true of rRNA? (a) Called soluble RNA (b) Named by Jacob and Monod (c) The smallest molecule of RNA (d) They form 80% of the total RNA

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.Gene regulation governing lactose operon of E.coli that involves the lac I gene product is (a) negative and repressible because repressor protein prevents transcription (b) feedback inhibition because excess of β-galactosidase can switch off transcription (c) positive and inducible because it can be induced by lactose (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

Description : .Gene regulation governing lactose operon of E.coli that involves the lac I gene product is (a) negative and repressible because repressor protein prevents transcription (b) feedback inhibition ... be induced by lactose (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

Last Answer : (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

Gene regulation governing lactose operon of E.coli that involves the lac I gene product is (a) negative and repressible because repressor protein prevents transcription (b) feedback inhibition because excess of β-galactosidase can switch off transcription (c) positive and inducible because it can be induced by lactose (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

Description : Gene regulation governing lactose operon of E.coli that involves the lac I gene product is (a) negative and repressible because repressor protein prevents transcription (b) feedback inhibition ... be induced by lactose (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

Last Answer : (d) negative and inducible because repressor protein prevents transcription.

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Last Answer : (d) A-Francis Crick, B-Translation, C-Transcription

Select the correct statement. (a) Franklin Stahl coined the term ‘‘linkage’’. (b) Punnett square was developed by a British scientist. (c) Spliceosomes take part in translation. (d) Transduction was discovered by S. Altman

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The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (a) Sir John Marshall (b) Sir William Jones (c) Charles Wilkins (d) James Princep

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Last Answer : (d) James Princep

The diagram shows an important concept in the genetic implication of DNA. Fill in the blanks A to C. DNA mRNA Proposed by Protein C A B (a) A - Transcription, B -Translation, C - Francis Crick (b) A - Translation, B - Extension, C - Rosalind Franklin (c) A - Transcription, B - Replication, C - James Watson (d) A - Translation, B - Transcription, C - Ervin Chargaff

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Last Answer : (a) A - Transcription, B -Translation, C - Francis Crick

The region of the Lac operon which must be free from structural gene transcription to occur is (A) The operator locus (B) The promoter site (C) The ‘a’ gene (D) The ‘i’ gene

Description : The region of the Lac operon which must be free from structural gene transcription to occur is (A) The operator locus (B) The promoter site (C) The ‘a’ gene (D) The ‘i’ gene

Last Answer : Answer : A

Which of the following genes of the E.coli “Lac operon” codes for a constitutive protein? (A) The ‘a’ gene (B) The ‘i’ gene (C) The ‘c’ gene (D) The ‘z’ gene

Description : Which of the following genes of the E.coli “Lac operon” codes for a constitutive protein? (A) The ‘a’ gene (B) The ‘i’ gene (C) The ‘c’ gene (D) The ‘z’ gene

Last Answer : Answer : B

The coding sequences in lac operon include (A) i gene (B) i gene, operator locus and promoter (C) z, y and a genes (D) i, z, y and a genes

Description : The coding sequences in lac operon include (A) i gene (B) i gene, operator locus and promoter (C) z, y and a genes (D) i, z, y and a genes

Last Answer : Answer : D

Lactose or its analogues act as positive regulators of lac operon by (A) Attaching to i gene and preventing its expression (B) Increasing the synthesis of catabolite gene activator protein (C) Attaching to promoter region and facilitating the binding of RNA polymerase holoenzyme (D) Binding to repressor subunits so that the repressor cannot attach to the operator locus

Description : Lactose or its analogues act as positive regulators of lac operon by (A) Attaching to i gene and preventing its expression (B) Increasing the synthesis of catabolite gene activator protein (C) ... holoenzyme (D) Binding to repressor subunits so that the repressor cannot attach to the operator locus

Last Answer : Answer : D

Binding of RNA polymerase holoenzyme to the promoter region of lac operon is facilitated by (A) Catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) (B) cAMP (C) CAP-cAMP complex (D) None of these

Description : Binding of RNA polymerase holoenzyme to the promoter region of lac operon is facilitated by (A) Catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) (B) cAMP (C) CAP-cAMP complex (D) None of these

Last Answer : Answer : C

The enzymes encoded by z, y and a genes of lac operon are inducible, and their inducer is (A) Lactose (B) Allo-lactose (C) Catabolite gene activator protein (D) All of these

Description : The enzymes encoded by z, y and a genes of lac operon are inducible, and their inducer is (A) Lactose (B) Allo-lactose (C) Catabolite gene activator protein (D) All of these

Last Answer : Answer : B

Transcription of structural genes of lac operon is prevented by binding of the repressor tetramer to (A) i gene (B) Operator locus (C) Promoter (D) z gene

Description : Transcription of structural genes of lac operon is prevented by binding of the repressor tetramer to (A) i gene (B) Operator locus (C) Promoter (D) z gene

Last Answer : Answer : B

RNA polymerase holoenzyme binds to lac operon at the following site: (A) i gene (B) z gene (C) Operator locus (D) Promoter region

Description : RNA polymerase holoenzyme binds to lac operon at the following site: (A) i gene (B) z gene (C) Operator locus (D) Promoter region

Last Answer : Answer : D

The regulatory i gene of lac operon (A) Is inhibited by lacotse (B) Is inhibited by its own product, the repressor protein (C) Forms a regulatory protein which increases the expression of downstream structural genes (D) Is constitutively expressed

Description : The regulatory i gene of lac operon (A) Is inhibited by lacotse (B) Is inhibited by its own product, the repressor protein (C) Forms a regulatory protein which increases the expression of downstream structural genes (D) Is constitutively expressed

Last Answer : Answer : D

Lac operon is a cluster of (A) Three structural genes (B) Three structural genes and their promoter (C) A regulatory gene, an operator and a promoter (D) A regulatory gene, an operator, a promoter and three structural genes

Description : Lac operon is a cluster of (A) Three structural genes (B) Three structural genes and their promoter (C) A regulatory gene, an operator and a promoter (D) A regulatory gene, an operator, a promoter and three structural genes

Last Answer : Answer : D

The gene of lac operon which has constitutive expression is (A) i (B) c (C) z (D) p

Description : The gene of lac operon which has constitutive expression is (A) i (B) c (C) z (D) p

Last Answer : Answer : A

The smallest unit of DNA capable of coding for the synthesis of a polypeptide is (A) Operon (B) Repressor gene (C) Cistron (D) Replicon

Description : The smallest unit of DNA capable of coding for the synthesis of a polypeptide is (A) Operon (B) Repressor gene (C) Cistron (D) Replicon

Last Answer : Answer : C

Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products. (A) i gene (i) b-galactosidase (B) z gene (ii) Permease (C) a gene (iii)Repressor (D) y gene (iv) Transacetylase Select the correct option. (A) (B) (C) (D) (a) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Description : Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products. (A) i gene (i) b-galactosidase (B) z gene (ii) Permease (C) a gene (iii)Repressor (D) y gene (iv) Transacetylase Select the correct option. (A) (B) (C) ( ... ) (iii) (ii) (iv) (c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Last Answer : (a) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

The equivalent of a structural gene is (a) muton (b) cistron (c) operon (d) recon.

Description : The equivalent of a structural gene is (a) muton (b) cistron (c) operon (d) recon.

Last Answer : (a) muton

Lac operon’ in E. coli, is induced by (a) ‘I’ gene (b) promoter gene (c) β-galactosidase (d) lactose.

Description : Lac operon’ in E. coli, is induced by (a) ‘I’ gene (b) promoter gene (c) β-galactosidase (d) lactose.

Last Answer : (c) β-galactosidase

In operon concept, regulator gene functions as (a) inhibitor (b) repressor (c) regulator (d) all of these.

Description : In operon concept, regulator gene functions as (a) inhibitor (b) repressor (c) regulator (d) all of these.

Last Answer : a) inhibitor

.E.coli cells with a mutated z gene of the lac operon cannot grow in medium containing only lactose as the source of energy because (a) the lac operon is constitutively active in these cells (b) they cannot synthesise functional beta galactosidase (c) in the presence of glucose, E.coli cells do not utilise lactose (d) they cannot transport lactose from the medium into the cell.

Description : .E.coli cells with a mutated z gene of the lac operon cannot grow in medium containing only lactose as the source of energy because (a) the lac operon is constitutively active in these cells ( ... coli cells do not utilise lactose (d) they cannot transport lactose from the medium into the cell.

Last Answer : (b) they cannot synthesise functional beta galactosidase

.The lac operon consists of (a) four regulatory genes only (b) one regulatory gene and three structural genes (c) two regulatory genes and two structural genes (d) three regulatory genes and three structural genes.

Description : .The lac operon consists of (a) four regulatory genes only (b) one regulatory gene and three structural genes (c) two regulatory genes and two structural genes (d) three regulatory genes and three structural genes.

Last Answer : (b) one regulatory gene and three structural genes

Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products. (A) i gene (i) b-galactosidase (B) z gene (ii) Permease (C) a gene (iii)Repressor (D) y gene (iv) Transacetylase Select the correct option. (A) (B) (C) (D) (a) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Description : Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products. (A) i gene (i) b-galactosidase (B) z gene (ii) Permease (C) a gene (iii)Repressor (D) y gene (iv) Transacetylase Select the correct option. (A) (B) (C) ( ... ) (iii) (ii) (iv) (c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Last Answer : d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Which one of the following is NOT part of an operon? a. Regulatory gene b. Operator c. Promoter d. Structural genes

Description : Which one of the following is NOT part of an operon? a. Regulatory gene b. Operator c. Promoter d. Structural genes

Last Answer : d. Structural genes

The ribosome binding site A- forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- .is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Description : The ribosome binding site A- forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- .is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Last Answer : .is located immediately upstream of the start codon

The rivosome binding site A- forms a sltem- loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Description : The rivosome binding site A- forms a sltem- loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Last Answer : is located immediately upstream of the start codon

The ribosome binding site A- forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- .is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Description : The ribosome binding site A- forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA B- is located upstream of the promoter sequence C- .is located immediately upstream of the start codon D- is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

Last Answer : .is located immediately upstream of the start codon