Nucleic Acids

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Nucleic Acids: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Structure of DNA, Ribonucleic Acid, Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, Types of RNA and, Gene Expression

Important Questions on Nucleic Acids

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What do you mean by nucleic acid, and who discovered it first?

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The nitrogenous bases in RNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine, which replace uracil in DNA.

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_____ (Ribonucleic acid/Deoxyribonucleic acid) is involved in translation and transcription,

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A _____ is regarded as the basic building block of nucleic acid.

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Nucleic acids are the polymers of Nucleotides.

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What is RNA? Mention its types and give the functions of each. 

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In nucleic acids, nucleotides are joined by

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Ribosomal RNA is synthesised in

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On which part of tRNA, amino acid gets linked

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The name "mRNA'' was given by

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Which form of RNA is most heterogeneous

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How many types of ribonucleic acids are known

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Which of the following RNA carries information from DNA in protein synthesis?

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Which of the following types of the RNA molecule can be described as soluble, relatively small, and having a folded compact shape?

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Identify the correct statement about RNA

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Nucleotides and nucleosides mainly differ from each other in

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Which one of the following also acts as a catalyst in a bacterial cell?