Mcq Subject: Biochemistry

What is the codon for selenocysteine?

A. UAG

B. UGA

C. UAA

D. GUA

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Essential fatty acid present in breast milk which is required for normal growth of child is:

A. Lenoleic acid

B. Palmitic acid

C. Docosahexanoic acid

D. EPA

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In a reaction substrate is available in a concentration that is l000times the Km value of the enzyme. After 9 minutes of reaction, l7o substrate is conveed to product (12 microgram/ml). If the concentration of the enzyme is changed to 1/3 and concentration of substrate is doubled. What is the time taken to conve the substrate into the same amount of product, i.e. I 2microgram/ml?

A. 9 minutes

B. 4.5 minutes

C. 27 minutes

D. 13.5 minutes

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Which of the following doesn’t occur in 5′ to 3′ direction?

A. DNA repair

B. DNA replication

C. RNA editing

D. Transcription

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Which of the following vitamin is synthesized in vivo, in the body by humans?

A. Niacin

B. Pantothenic acid

C. Cyanocobalamin

D. Folic acid

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Which of the following statements about tRNA molecules is false?

A. The enzyme that attaches an amino acid to a tRNA is aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

B. Although composed of a single strand of RNA, each molecule contains several sho, double-helical regions

C. The amino acid attachment is always to 3' end of the molecule.

D. There is at least one tRNA for each of the 2 amino acids

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A lady presented with fatigue and tingling sensation in both hands and legs. On examination, she is found to have a fissured red tongue, lesions at angle of mouth and peripheral neuropathy with a decreased RBC glutathione reductase activity. What is the likely deficient vitamin?

A. Riboflavin

B. Vitamin B12

C. Thiamine

D. Vitamin B6

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Deficiency of nicotinic acid results in:

A. Beri-beri

B. Pellagra

C. Night blindness

D. Pernicious anemia

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Which of these is not a cofactor for glycogen phosphorylase, an impoant enzyme of the glycogenolysis pathway?

A. Calmodulin

B. c-AMP

C. Protein Kinase A

D. Glycogenin

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In which of the inheritance, if father is affected no offspring is affected, but if mother affected, all offspring affected?

A. Mitochondrial

B. X linked recessive

C. Autosomal dominant

D. Autosomal recessive

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