Multiple Choice Quiz on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

This genetics quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘Molecular Basis of Inheritance’. Questions come under ‘medium’ 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 'Get score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. The isotopes of element used in Blender Experiment
32P and 35S
32P and 32S
35P and 35S
35P and 32S
2. Semi conservative mode of replication was demonstrated first in
Orchid roots
Bean root tip cells
E.coli
Pollengrains of Trandescantia
3. The enzyme which unwinds the double helix of DNA is
ligase
helicase
polymerase
topoisomease
4. The Okasaki fragments are sealed by the enzyme
ligase
nuclease
primase
topoisomerase
5. The inherited human disorders were called by Garrod as:
Sex linked inheritance
Sex influenced inheritance
Genetic disorders
Inborn errors of metabloism
6. Study materials of Beadle and Tatum for proving gene metabolism is
Neurospora
Lathyrus
Oenothera
Drosophila
7. The step involved in the synthesis of proteins are
Transcription and Transformation
Transcription and Translation
Transformation and Translation
Transition and Transversion
8. 60S subunit of eukaryotic ribosome consists of
28S rRNA
5S rRNA
5.8S rRNA
All of these
9. Introns are removed by a process of
Transcription
Translation
Transition
Splicing
10. The process take place before translation is
Capping of mRNA
RNA editing
Polyadenylation
All of these
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