Biochemistry Mcqs

Iron absorption is decreased in presence of all except____________?

(A) Phytates

(B) Ascorbic acid

(C) Tannins

(D) Phosphates

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The sigma subunit of prokaryotic RNA polymerase_______________?

(A) Binds the antibiotic Rifampicin

(B) Is inhibited by a-amanitin

(C) Specifically recognizes the promoter site

(D) Is part of the core enzyme

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Ammonia produced by brain is trapped as_____________?

(A) Urea

(B) Uric Acid

(C) Creatinine

(D) Glutamine

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Serum creatine kinase-3 (CK-3) is elevated in_______________?

(A) Muscular dystrophy

(B) Myocardial infarction

(C) Alcoholic cirrhosis

(D) Brain tumours

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Transcription is the synthesis of____________?

(A) Single stranded complimentary copy of DNA

(B) Double stranded complimentary copy of DNA

(C) Complimentary copy of RNA

(D) COmplimentary copy of rRNA

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Which of the following is used in recombinant DNA technology ?

(A) Restriction endonucleases

(B) PCR

(C) Reverse transcriptase FISH

(D) None of these

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Denaturation of double stranded DNA involves_______________?

(A) It gets broken down to nucleotides

(B) It becomes single stranded reversibly

(C) It becomes single stranded irreversibly

(D) It becomes double stranded irreversibly

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DNA double helix is bound by_____________?

(A) Covalent bond

(B) Hydrogen bond

(C) Disulfide linkage

(D) Vander wall forces

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Genes are_____________?

(A) Ribonucleic acid

(B) Deoxy ribonucleic acid

(C) Lipoproteins

(D) Chromo proteins

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