Multiple Choice Quiz on Protein Synthesis

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘Protein synthesis’. Questions come under ‘easy’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. In eukaryotes transcription occurs
nucleus
cytoplasm
cytosol
matrix
2. Teminism is
DNA replication
RNA replication
Reverse transcription
None of these
3. In eukaryotes RNA polymerase III catalyses the synthesis of
mRNA
tRNA
5S rRNA
18S rRNA
4. Initiation codon of protein synthesis in eukaryotes is
GUA
GCA
CCA
AUG
5. During trancription, RNA polymerase binds to DNA site
promoter
receptor
regulator
enhancer
6. What is correct for protein synthesis?
codes transfer on mRNA
codes transfer on tRNA
coding is done by DNA strands
DNA coding takes place in antiparallel fashion
7. Which one is correct matching?
transcription- synthesis of protein
translation- process of mRNA carrying information from nucleus to ribosome
ribosomal RNA- carries amino acid to site of protein synthesis
anticodon- site of tRNA having complementary bases to a codon of mRNA
8. Reverse transcriptase is
RNA dependent RNA polymerase
RNA dependent DNA polymerase
DNA dependent RNA polymerase
DNA dependent DNA polymerase
9. Antibiotic inhibiting translation in eukaryotes is
tetracycline
puromycin
pencillin
chloromycin
10. Nuclear DNA sends information for protein synthesis through
tRNA
rRNA
mRNA
all of these
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