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  • Which of the following is the study of the molecular organization of genomes, their information content and the gene products they encode?


  • Options
  • A. Genetics
  • B. Ergonomics
  • C. Genomics
  • D. Bioinformatics

  • Correct Answer
  • Genomics 


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    • 1. The flow of genetic material in microbial cells usually takes place from

    • Options
    • A. RNA through DNA to proteins
    • B. proteins through RNA to DNA
    • C. DNA through RNA to proteins
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Why the bacterium Treponema pallidum is difficult to culture?

    • Options
    • A. Because it requires a great deal of water to reproduce
    • B. Because it is unable to use carbohydrates as an energy source
    • C. Because it lacks the genes needed for TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
    • D. Because it requires extremely low temperature at which water freezes
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is used for determining the location of specific genes within the genome?

    • Options
    • A. Genomics
    • B. Annotation
    • C. Cloning
    • D. Proteomics
    • Discuss
    • 4. Hexose monophosphate pathway is also known as

    • Options
    • A. phosphogluconate pathway
    • B. oxaloacetate pathway
    • C. malate pathway
    • D. fumerate pathway
    • Discuss
    • 5. Entner-Doudoroff pathway is found in

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    • A. aerobic prokaryotes
    • B. anaerobic prokaryotes
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. aerobic eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 6. The physical nature of genomes is studied under

    • Options
    • A. structural genomics
    • B. comparative genomics
    • C. proteo genomics
    • D. functional genomics
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following organisms has the smallest genome?

    • Options
    • A. H. influenzae
    • B. M. genitalium
    • C. M. tuberculosis
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following is concerned with the management and analysis of biological data using computers?

    • Options
    • A. Bio-physics
    • B. Bioinformatics
    • C. Genomics
    • D. Biomechanics
    • Discuss
    • 9. Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?

    • Options
    • A. Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation
    • B. Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms
    • C. Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements
    • D. Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair
    • Discuss
    • 10. Proteomics is

    • Options
    • A. the study of algal genomes
    • B. a branch of quantum physics dealing with proteins
    • C. the study of formation of lipo-protein in animals
    • D. the study of the entire collection of proteins expressed by an organism
    • Discuss


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