RNA Structure and Types Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is not a component of a nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

Fatty acid

Answer

Sugar

Answer

Base

Answer

Phosphate

Question 2

Which of the following is a primarily RNA based technique?

Accepted Answer

Northern blotting

Answer

Western blotting

Answer

Southern blotting

Answer

Sanger's technique

Question 3

If a sequence of 4 nucleotides codes for 1 amino acid, how many amino acids can be theoretically formed?

Accepted Answer

256

Answer

4

Answer

64

Answer

16

Question 4

Which of the following is a ribozyme?

Accepted Answer

Peptidyl transferase

Answer

Elongation factor 2

Answer

Primase

Answer

RNA polymerase

Question 5

What is the most stabilizing force for nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen bonds

Answer

Conformational entropy

Answer

Covalent bond

Answer

Van der Waals interaction

Question 6

Apolipoprotein B-48 is made by which process?

Accepted Answer

RNA editing

Answer

DNA editing

Answer

RNA alternate splicing

Answer

RNA interference

Question 7

Which of the following is not associated with post-transcription modification?

Accepted Answer

Glycosylation

Answer

Methylation

Answer

5' capping

Answer

Endonuclease cleavage

Question 8

Which type of bonds are represented by the dotted lines in the image? (AIIMS Nov 2017)

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen bond

Answer

Covalent bond

Answer

Ionic bond

Answer

Phosphodiester

Question 9

Which of the following is a function of ribozymes?

Accepted Answer

Peptidyl transferase activity

Answer

Cut DNA at specific site

Answer

GTPase activity

Answer

Participate in DNA synthesis

Question 10

Nucleotides serve all of the following roles, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Structural component of membrane

Answer

Monomeric units of nucleic acids

Answer

Mediators in cellular signalling

Answer

Source of energy

RNA Structure and Types — MCQs

RNA Structure and Types — MCQs

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