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Take This Quiz On Nucleic Acids!

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1 Question
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A ___________ bond is present in Nucleic acids in a nucleotide.


Monosaccharides

Phosphodiester

Polypeptide

2 Question
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RNA and DNA are nucleic acids.


True

False

3 Question
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Nucleic acids are made up of units of ______ sugar.


Ribose

Pentose

Fructose

4 Question
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The long-chain polymers of nucleotides are called _________.


Phospodiester

Nucleoside

Polynucleotides

5 Question
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This base is not present in DNA.


Guanine

Thymine

Uracil

6 Question
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Name the sugar molecule present in the nucleotide.


Triose

Tetrose

Pentose

7 Question
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________ is a substituted purine as it has two fused rings. 


Adenine

Thymine

Pyrimidine

8 Question
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The attachment between the base and _______ in a nucleotide is through a phosphodiester bond.


Hydrogen

Sugar

Peptide

9 Question
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In nucleotide, _________ is responsible for the formation of bonds in the DNA double helix.


Base

Sugar

Phosphate group

10 Question
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Name the Purine base found in RNA.


Cytosine

Thymine

Guanine

11 Question
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A nucleoside is a pyrimidine or purine base _________ bonded to a sugar.


Ironically

Covalently

Hydrogen

12 Question
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The pyrimidine base contains an amino group at carbon 4 is _________.


Cytosine

Thymine

Uracil

13 Question
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Thymidine can participate in hydrophobic interactions due to its ________ group.


Ethane

Hydrogen

Methyl

14 Question
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The width of the DNA molecule is _____.


15 A°

20 A°

30.4 A

15 Question
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________ is the basic repeating unit of DNA molecule.


Nucleoside

Nucleotide

Histones

16 Question
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Does Genetic mutation occur in DNA?


Yes

No

17 Question
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Expand ATP:


Alkane Triphosphate

Amino Triphosphate

Adenosine Triphosphate

18 Question
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On hydrolysis, RNA does not yield _______ acid.


Amino

Phosphoric

Hydric

19 Question
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DNA is more stable than RNA in alkaline conditions because of the presence of 3'OH.


True

False

20 Question
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Is DNA a polynucleotide?


Yes

No