Multiple Choice Questions

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The process of multiplication of DNA from DNA is known as

  • replication

  • transversion

  • transcription

  • translation


A.

replication

Replication is the process of multiplication of DNA. It is an autocatalytic function of DNA.

Transversion is a mutation in DNA, where a single purine changes to a pyrimidine or vice- versa.

Transcription is a process of synthesis of RNA from DNA. 

Translation is a process of synthesis of proteins from RNA.


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Seed which are able to withstand reduction in moisture and temperature are called

  • dormant seeds

  • recalcitrant seeds

  • orthodox seeds

  • non- viable seeds


First geneticist, father of genetics was

  • de Vries

  • Mendel

  • Darwin

  • Morgan


Anthesis means

  • growth of pollen tube inside the carpel

  • dehiscence of anthers

  • opening of floral bud

  • emergence of anthers


Plasmid is

  • small extrachromosomal circular self replicating DNA that can carry genes into host organism

  • bacteriophage

  • DNA found in mitochondria

  • DNA incorporated in bacterial chromosome


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The edible part of apple/ pear is

  • cotyledons

  • thalamus/ receptacle

  • mesocarp

  • endocarp


Enzyme required for transcription is

  • RNAse

  • Endonuclease

  • RNA polymerase

  • DNA polymerase


What is true about a gamo spermous apospory?

  • Formation of embryo from egg of embryo sac proliferated from a nucellar cell

  • Formation of embryo from egg of embryo sac formed directly from megaspore mother cell

  • Formation of embryo directly from nucellus

  • Formation of embryo directly from integument


A simple technology has been developed in India for plant breeders and farmers to use two plants as biofertilizers for growing rice. These are

  • Azotobacter and Rhizobium

  • Chlorella and Spirulina

  • Azolla and nitrogen fixing blue-green algae

  • Riccia and Marchantia


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Crossing over in diploid organisms is responsible for

  • dominance of genes

  • linkage between genes

  • recombination of linked genes

  • segregation of alleles