Nucleic Acids

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Nucleic Acids: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Nucleic Acids, Heredity, Structure of Nucleotide & Formation of a Dinucleotide etc.

Important Questions on Nucleic Acids

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Which one of the following base in not present in DNA?

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The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are

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In both DNA and RNA, heterocylic base and phosphate ester linkages are at

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Which of the following is not true about DNA and RNA?

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Nucleic acids are the polymers of Nucleotides.

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Which of the following bases are present in DNA?

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What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?

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The number of primary and secondary hydroxyl groups in ribose are _______ respectively.

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In nucleic acid, the sequence is base-phosphate-sugar.

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The average energy of each hydrogen bond in A-T pair is x kcalmol-1 and that in G-C pair is y kcalmol-1. Assuming that no other interaction exists between the nucleotides, the approximate energy required in kcalmol-1 to split the following double stranded DNA into two single strands is
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[Each dashed line may represent more than one hydrogen bond between the base pairs]

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The process of RNA _____ helps in putting together the sequence of exons to form a mature mRNA molecule.

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Define heredity. Differentiate between DNA and RNA(any 2 points).

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Which of the following molecules transmit characters from parents to offpsrings in heredit?

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Define heredity.

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What do you mean by the term molecular biology?

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Molecular biology is a branch that deals with the study of atoms, molecules of chemical substances.

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Define the term molecular biology?

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Which one of the following base is not present in DNA?

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The branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity is known as _____.

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