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Assignment

A – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. The nucleic acid synthesis takes place in

1. 3’-5’ direction
2. 5’-3’ direction
3. Both ways
4. Any direction

2. What is the nature of the strands of the DNA duplex?

1. Anti-parallel and complementary
2. Identical and complementary
3. Anti=parallel and non-complementary
4. Dissimilar and non-complementary

3. Hershey and Chase’s experiment was based on the principle

1. Transformation
2. Translation
3. Transduction
4. Transcription

4. AUG stands for

1. Alanine
2. Methionine
3. N-formyl methionine
4. Glycine

5. The reason behind the anti-parallel strand of DNA is

1. Hydrogen bond
2. Ionic bond
3. Phosphodiester bond
4. Disulphide bond

6. In a transcription unit, the promoter is located towards

1. 5’end of the structural gene
2. 3’end of the structural gene
3. 5’end of the template strand
4. 3’end of the coding strand

7. The primer in DNA replication is