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Question # 1

Differentiate between pyrimidines and purines.

  • Ans 1: Pyrimidines: Pyrimidines are nitrogenous bases present in nucleic acids,having only single ringed structure which is only six cornered.
    Examples: Cytosine,Thymine and uracil.
  • Ans 2: Purines: Purines are another type of nitrogenous bases present in nuclei acids having double ringed structure. One ring issoc cornered while second is of five cornered.
    Example: Adenine & Guanine.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 1

Question # 1

Differentiate between pyrimidines and purines.

  • Ans 1: Pyrimidines: Pyrimidines are nitrogenous bases present in nucleic acids,having only single ringed structure which is only six cornered.
    Examples: Cytosine,Thymine and uracil.
  • Ans 2: Purines: Purines are another type of nitrogenous bases present in nuclei acids having double ringed structure. One ring issoc cornered while second is of five cornered.
    Example: Adenine & Guanine.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 2

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Define Mutation.

  • Ans 1: The sudden change in DNA or gene is called mutation.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 3

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How many chromosomes are present in mouse and sugar cane?

  • Ans 1: Sugar can has 80 while mouse has 40 chromosomes respectively.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 4

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Differentiate between chromosome and nucleosome.

  • Ans 1: Chromosome: Chromosome are thread like structures which appear inside the nucleus at the time of cell division. They are.composed of DNA and protein. They carry the genes on them.
  • Ans 2: Nucleosomes: The DNA duplex is coiled around eight histone proteins forming a complex known as a nucleosome. It appears like beads on a string.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 5

Question # 1

Differentiate between codon and anticodon.

  • Ans 1: Codon: Codon is sequence of three nucleotides present on mRNA and specifies an amino acid.
    For Example codon for methionine is AUG.
  • Ans 2: Anti Codon: Anticodon is the sequence of three nucleotides present on tRNA,anti codon of metionine is UAC.
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12th Class Biology Chapter 20 Short Questions Preparation - Set 6

Question # 1

Differentiate between sense and anti sense strands of DNA.

  • Ans 1: Sense strand; The strand of DNA which is opposite to the antisense strand and is not transcribe is known as sense strand or coding strand.
  • Ans 2: Anti-sense strand: Only one of the two strands of DNA are transcribed. This strand is called template strand or the antisense strand
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