medical MCQs – Page 384

Practise multiple-choice questions from medical for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

7661. Deficiency of vitamin C causes the following except_______________?
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A. Defective collagen synthesis

B. Subcutaneous & other hemorrhage

C. Pigeon chest

D. Soft swollen gums

7662. Transport form of iron is______________?
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A. Transferrin

B. Lactoferrin

C. Apoferritin

D. Ferritin

7663. Nonsense codons bring about__________________?
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A. Initiation of protein synthesis

B. Elongation of polypeptide chain

C. Pre-translational modification of protein

D. Termination of protein synthesis
7665. Denaturation of double stranded DNA involves_______________?
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A. It gets broken down to nucleotides

B. It becomes double stranded irreversibly

C. It becomes single stranded irreversibly

D. It becomes single stranded reversibly
7667. Amino acids excreted in the urine in cystinosis______________?
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A. Cystine

B. All of the above

C. Ornithine

D. Arginine

E. Lysine

7670. Unwinding of DNA is done by____________?
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A. Ligase

B. DNAse

C. Topo isomerase

D. Reverse transcriptase

7671. All are true about glutathione except ?
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A. It converts hemoglobin to methemoglobin

B. It is a tripetide

C. It scavenges free radicals and superoxide ions

D. It conjugates xenobiotics

7672. Normal serum calcium level is_______________?
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A. 19-21 mg/dl

B. 9-11 mg/dl

C. 20-30 mg/dl

D. 4-6 mg/dl

7673. Codons are present on_____________?
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A. DNA

B. m-RNA

C. t-RNA

D. Ribosomal RNA

7675. In molecular cloning, Blue White screening is used for_______________?
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A. To identify desired chromosomal DNA insert in plasmid vectors

B. To screen for recombinant vectors

C. To detect host DNA in situ

D. To detect gene mutations

7677. The action of vitamin K in formation of clotting factor is through__________________?
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A. Golgi complex

B. Endoplasmic reticulum

C. Post translation

D. Post transcription

7679. Mutations are due to changes in_________________?
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A. Amino acid sequence of ribonuclease

B. RNA nucleotide sequence

C. Cell walls

D. DNA nucleotide sequence
7680. The sugar component of cerebrosides is_____________?
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A. Galactose

B. Fructose

C. None of the above

D. Sucrose