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When James Watson and Frencis Crick determine the structure of DNA?
a) 1953            
b) 1962            
c) 1972
d) 1975

a

A nucleotide is formed of which of the following units?
a) nitrogen base and phosphate

b) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
c) nitrogen base and sugar
d) sugar and phosphate

b

Double-helix structure of DNA is discovered by
a) Gobind Khurana      
b) Nirenberg
c) Watson and Crick   
d) Darwin

c

What is DNA replication?
a) Conservative            
b) Non-conservative
c) Semi-conservative
d) none of these

c

Semi-conservative DNA replication was first demonstrated in…………
a) Drosophila melanogaster
b) Escherichia coli
c) Streptococcus pneumonae
d) Drosophila melanogaster

a

DNA unwinding is done by……………
a) Ligase                      
b) Helicase
c) Topoisomerase         
d) Hexonuclease

b