Discontinuous synthesis of DNA occurs in one strand, because:

1. DNA molecule being synthesised is very long
2. DNA-dependent DNA polymerase catalyses polymerisation only in one direction (5’ → 3’)
3. it is a more efficient process
4. DNA ligase joins the short stretches of DNA

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The addition of deoxyribonucleotides by DNA polymerase during DNA synthesis is an endergonic process. The source of energy used is:

1. ATP
2. Energy from photons of light
3. Entropy created from protein digestion
4. The nucleotides themselves
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The difference between ATP and the nucleoside triphosphates used during DNA synthesis is that:

1. The nucleoside triphosphates have the sugar deoxyribose; ATP has the sugar ribose.
2. The nucleoside triphosphates have two phosphate groups; ATP has three phosphate groups.
3. ATP contains three high-energy bonds; the nucleoside triphosphates have two.
4. ATP is found only in human cells; the nucleoside triphosphates are found in all animal and plant cells.
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Identify the incorrect statement:

1. The DNA of the bacteriophage  ϕ X 174 has 5386 nucleotides.
2. Bacteriophage lambda DNA has 48502 base pairs.
3. The DNA of Escherichia coli has 4.6 X 103 base pairs.
4. Haploid content of human DNA is 3.3 X 109 base pairs.
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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%, Thymine = 17%. Considering Chargaff’s rule it can be concluded that:

1. it is a double-stranded circular DNA
2. It is single-stranded DNA
3. It is a double-stranded linear DNA
4. No conclusion can be drawn
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