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  • A. And when I moved in particular direction, this time to the south and east, it shone out like a light.
  • B. And when I moved in a particular direction, this time to south and east, it shone out like a light.
  • C. And when I moved in a particular direction, this time to the south and the east, it shone out like a light.
  • D. And when I moved in a particular direction, this time to the south and east, it shone out like a light.

Explanation: The correct answer is C. And when I moved in a particular direction, this time to the south and the east, it shone out like a light.

Correct answer: And when I moved in a particular direction, this time to the south and the east, it shone out like a light.
  • A. Viruses
  • B. Bacteria
  • C. Higher plants
  • D. Lower animals

Explanation: Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain structures known as cilia and flagella.

Correct answer: Higher plants
  • A. Primary cell wall
  • B. Secondary cell wall
  • C. Middle lamellae
  • D. Cell surface membrane

Explanation: The outermost layer in a typical plant cell would be primary cell wall.

Correct answer: Primary cell wall
  • A. ATP
  • B. DNA
  • C. RNA
  • D. ADP

Explanation: ATP is called the cell's energy currency because energy released from cellular reactions is temporarily stored in its phosphate bonds and…

Correct answer: ATP
  • A. Thyroxin
  • B. Triiodothyronine
  • C. Calcitonin
  • D. Glucagon

Explanation: The correct answer is Glucagon. Glucagon is secreted by the pancreas, not the thyroid gland.

Correct answer: Glucagon
  • A. Hypothalamus
  • B. Pitutary gland
  • C. Thyroid
  • D. Parathyroid gland

Explanation: Hypothalamus is the part of the brain that releases a variety of hormones.

Correct answer: Hypothalamus
  • A. Respiratory system
  • B. Nervous system
  • C. Endocrine system
  • D. Both b and c

Explanation: Animal coordination depends on both the nervous system, which sends rapid electrical signals, and the endocrine system, which releases…

Correct answer: Both b and c
  • A. It produces amino acids
  • B. It produces messenger RNA
  • C. It results in increased DNA synthesis
  • D. It is a semi conservative process

Explanation: Transcription of DNA means the formation of mRNA out of DNA. Translation is the synthesis of proteins using these mRNAs.

Correct answer: It produces messenger RNA
  • A. Continuous and conservative
  • B. Discontinuous and semiconservative
  • C. Semidiscontinuous and semiconservative
  • D. Conservative and semidiscontinuous

Explanation: Replication is semiconservative because the new daughter DNA synthesized is composed of one parent DNA and one newly synthesized…

Correct answer: Semidiscontinuous and semiconservative
  • A. mRNA
  • B. rRNA
  • C. tRNA
  • D. Polysome

Explanation: Option A is messenger RNA, the transcript of a segment of DNA that serves as the code which is then translated by the ribosomes.Option B…

Correct answer: rRNA
  • A. Deoxyribose sugar
  • B. Ribose sugar
  • C. Phosphate group
  • D. Sequence of nitrogenous bases

Explanation: The genetic information of DNA is encoded as the sequence of nitrogenous bases.

Correct answer: Sequence of nitrogenous bases
  • A. TACGGATCCTG
  • B. UAGCGAUCCUG
  • C. AUGCCUAGGAC
  • D. UACCGAUCCUG

Explanation: DNA strand serves as the template for RNA synthesis. The RNA nucleotide sequence is complementary to that of DNA template strand except…

Correct answer: UACCGAUCCUG
  • A. 5th
  • B. 4th
  • C. 3rd
  • D. 1st

Explanation: A nucleotide consists of a sugar molecule (either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) attached to a phosphate group and a…

Correct answer: 1st
  • A. Heterochromatin
  • B. Nucleosome
  • C. Super coils
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Heterochromatin represents the highly condensed portions of chromatin. This dense packing makes the DNA inaccessible to the transcription…

Correct answer: Heterochromatin
  • A. 44 + XY
  • B. 44 + XXY
  • C. 44 + XO
  • D. 44 + XXX

Explanation: The genotype of a normal male contains 44 autosomes and two sex chromosomes, which are XY.

Correct answer: 44 + XY
  • A. Only one daughter cell will have heavy DNA
  • B. Two daughter cells have normal DNA and the other two have heavy DNA
  • C. All daughter cells have heavy DNA
  • D. All daughter cells contain hybrid DNA

Explanation: Duplication of DNA is by the semi-conservative method that was first shown in escherichia coli and later it was observed in higher…

Correct answer: Two daughter cells have normal DNA and the other two have heavy DNA
  • A. Down's Syndrome
  • B. Turner's Syndrome
  • C. Klinefelter's Syndrome
  • D. Sickle Cell Anemia

Explanation: Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic condition in which a boy is born with an extra X chromosome.

Correct answer: Klinefelter's Syndrome
  • A. 10
  • B. 30
  • C. 40
  • D. 44

Explanation: Haploid cells are formed by reduction division, which has half the number of chromosomes than diploid cells.

Correct answer: 44
  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3
  • D. 4

Explanation: The zygote, formed by the fusion of a sperm and an ovum, is the first cell to contain the diploid number of chromosomes.

Correct answer: 3
  • A. Complementary strand of mRNA which codes for one amino acid
  • B. tRNA molecule where the amino acid is attached
  • C. tRNA molecule which recognizes the appropriate sequence of bases on the mRNA
  • D. mRNA molecule which instructs the ribosomes to initiate

Explanation: The correct answer is Option D. An anticodon is a sequence of three nucleotides on a tRNA molecule that recognizes and pairs with a…

Correct answer: tRNA molecule which recognizes the appropriate sequence of bases on the mRNA