Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: The association constant in water for the G-C base pair is three times lower than that for the A-T base pair.
Reason: There are three hydrogen bonds in the G-C base pair and two in the A-T base pair.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
B. (A) is false, but (R) is true
C. Both (A) and (R) are false
D. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
Answer: Option B
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RNA is very much susceptible to hydrolysis in alkali because
A. It contains uracil residues in its structure
B. its 2'-OH group participate in intramolecular cleavage of phosphodiester backbone
C. Cleavage occurs in the glycosylic bonds of purine bases
D. Cleavage occurs in the glycosylic bonds of pyrimidine bases
A. Binding of the rho protein upstream of the termination element
B. No protein factors and only RNA secondary structure and run of 'U's
C. Presence of UGA or UAA stop codons
D. Binding of accessory factors at termination signal
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
C. (A) is false but (R) is true
D. (A) is true but (R) is false
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