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Molecular Basis of Inheritance
NCERT Class 12 Biology, Chapter 5 · for NEET UG
1. Read the chapter
The chapter is free on NCERT's site: Biology, Class 12, Chapter 5 (PDF on ncert.nic.in) ↗
2. Practise it section by section
109 questions on this chapter, each tagged to the NCERT section it tests (Shishya practice, NCERT-based). Read a section, then practise up to 10 of its questions — no sign-in for the first 2 answers.
Practise 10 from the whole chapter →
- 5.1 The DNA2 questions →
- 5.1.1 Structure of Polynucleotide Chain9 questions →
- 5.1.2 Packaging of DNA Helix5 questions →
- 5.2 The Search for Genetic Material5 questions →
- 5.2.1 The Genetic Material is DNA3 questions →
- 5.2.2 Properties of Genetic Material (DNA versus RNA)6 questions →
- 5.3 RNA World2 questions →
- 5.4 Replication2 questions →
- 5.4.1 The Experimental Proof4 questions →
- 5.4.2 The Machinery and the Enzymes5 questions →
- 5.5 Transcription2 questions →
- 5.5.1 Transcription Unit4 questions →
- 5.5.2 Transcription Unit and the Gene3 questions →
- 5.5.3 Types of RNA and the process of Transcription6 questions →
- 5.6 Genetic Code6 questions →
- 5.6.1 Mutations and Genetic Code4 questions →
- 5.6.2 tRNA – the Adapter Molecule2 questions →
- 5.7 Translation5 questions →
- 5.8 Regulation of Gene Expression4 questions →
- 5.8.1 The Lac operon6 questions →
- 5.9 Human Genome Project9 questions →
- 5.9.1 Salient Features of Human Genome3 questions →
- 5.9.2 Applications and Future Challenges2 questions →
- 5.10 DNA Fingerprinting10 questions →
3. The NEET topic it covers
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance · 114 checked NEET practice questions
4. The chapter's own questions
36 answer-checked questions on this chapter, with its quiz, are on the Class 12 Biology chapter page.
The practice questions are Shishya's own, written with AI and answer-checked, and tagged to this chapter by Shishya. They are not NCERT's text or exercises and not NEET previous-year questions.