Nucleic acids are polymers of:

1. Nucleosides 2. Nucleotides
3. Amino acids 4. Polypeptides

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Which of the following is a pyrimidine base found in DNA?

1. Adenine 2. Guanine
3. Uracil 4. Cytosine

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To form a nucleoside, a nitrogenous base is linked to a pentose sugar:

1. Through a P-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 1
2. Through a P-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 5
3. Through an N-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 1
4. Through an N-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 5

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In a strand of nucleic acid two nucleotides are linked together by:
1. 3’ – 5’ phosphodiester bond
2. 5’ – 3’ phosphodiester bond
3. 2’ – 5’ phosphodiester bond
4. 3’ – 1’ phosphodiester bond

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The base pairing in a double stranded DNA is correctly described as:

1. Similar 2. Identical
3. Complementary 4. Synergistic

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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Which of the following is not a feature of the double helix model of DNA?

1. The two chains have anti-parallel polarity
2. A purine always comes opposite to a pyrimidine
3. The pitch of the DNA is 3.4 nm
4. The two chains are coiled in a left handed fashion

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The distance between a base pair in the DNA double helix is approximately:

1.2.0 nm2.0.34 nm
3.20 nm4.3.4 nm

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The central dogma of molecular biology was proposed by:

1. Francis Crick 2. James Watson
3. Rosalind Franklin 4. Erwin Chargaff

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In some viruses, the flow of genetic information is from RNA to DNA. These viruses are:

1. Reverse transcriptase 2. Teminism
3. Ribozymes 4. Retroviruses
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The length of DNA in a typical mammalian cell is approximately:

1.1.1 meter2.1.5 meter
3.2.2 meter4.3.3 meter

Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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