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Question 1
MCQ
Read the question, then carefully choose the correct answer(s).
Appeared in Year: 2023
A cruciform structure of chromosomes during meiosis is a characteristic feature of: (June)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Translocation | |
b. | Inversion | |
c. | Deletion | |
d. | Duplication | |
Question 2
MCQ
Read the question, then carefully choose the correct answer(s).
Appeared in Year: 2011
In contract with plant cells, the most distinctive feature of cell division in animal cell is (December)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Enzyme responsible for DNA replication | |
b. | Patterns of chromosome movement | |
c. | Ubiquitin- dependent pathway for protein degradation | |
d. | Control of cell cycle transition by protein kinase | |
Question 3
MCQ
Read the question, then carefully choose the correct answer(s).
Appeared in Year: 2010
During replication of DNA during S phase of cell cycle DNA is duplicated, what happens to chromosome number (June)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Remains same | |
b. | Reduced to half | |
c. | They also doubles | |
d. | Reduced to one fourth | |
Question 4
MCQ
Read the question, then carefully choose the correct answer(s).
Appeared in Year: 2014
Which of the following statements about meiosis is NOT true? (December)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Chiasma is formed in Prophase I | |
b. | Kinetochores of sister chromatids attach to opposite poles in Meiosis II | |
c. | Homologous chromosomes are segregated in Meiosis I | |
d. | Kinetochores of sister chromatids attach to opposite poles in Meiosis I | |
Question 5
MCQ
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Appeared in Year: 2016
Mitotic cyclin-CDK activity peaks in M phase. This is because (December)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Mitotic cyclin is synthesized only in M phase. | |
b. | Threshold level of mitotic cyclin accumulates only in late G2. | |
c. | Cyclin subunit is activated by phosphorylation only in M phase. | |
d. | The kinase subunit is activated by dephosphorylation only in M phase. | |