NEET Biology Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : An mRNA has both initiation codon and termination codon. Reason : It specifies only a single polypeptide or number of them.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    mRNA is a long RNA. It gets attached to ribosome. mRNA has methylated region at the 5? terminus. It functions as a cap for attachment with ribosome. Cap is followed by an initiation codon (AUG) either immediately or after a small noncoding region. Then there is coding region followed by termination codon (UAA, UAG or UGA). There is then a small noncoding region and poly A area at the 3? terminus. An mRNA may specify only a single polypeptide or a number of them. The former is called monocistronic while the latter is known as polycistronic.


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