10. A fluorophore when transferred from solvent A to solvent B results in an increase in the number of vibrational states in the ground state without any change in the […]
Tag: CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solutions Spectroscopy
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Optical Density of DNA Solution Numerical
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- July 31, 2026
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9. The optical density (OD) of a 400 base pair long DNA solution (1 mL) was found to be 0.05. How many DNA molecules are present in the solution? Given: […]
Molar Absorption Coefficient of Phenylalanine
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- July 31, 2026
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8. Molar absorption coefficient of phenylalanine is 200 M⁻¹ cm⁻¹ at 257 nm. What concentration (g/L) of this amino acid will give an absorption of 1 in a cell of […]
Calculation of Protein Concentration Using the Biuret Assay
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- August 8, 2025
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A protein solution (0.2 ml) of unknown concentration was diluted with 0.8 ml of water. To 0.5 ml of this diluted solution 4.5 ml of biuret reagent was added and […]
Understanding the Units of Molar Extinction Coefficient (ε)
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- August 8, 2025
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The units of molar extinction coefficient are (1) L mol-1 crn-1 (2) cm-1 mg ml-1 (3) mol-1 mm (4) mol cm ml-1 Correct Answer: (1) L mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹ Topic Explanation: […]
Calculating Protein Concentration Using UV Absorbance and Molar Extinction Coefficients
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- August 8, 2025
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A protein has one tryptophan and one, tyrosine in its sequence. Assume molar extinction coefficients at 280 nm of tryptophan and tyrosine as 3000 and 1500 M-1cm-l, respectively. What would […]
Relationship Between Absorbance and Transmission in Spectrophotometry
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- August 8, 2025
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What will be the percentage transmission when absorbance is 1, 2 and 3, respectively? (1) 10, 1, 0.1 (2) 1, 10, 100, (3) 0.2, 0.1, 0 (4) 20, 10, 0 […]
UV Spectroscopy for most sensitive label-free Protein Quantification
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- August 8, 2025
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Which one of the methods listed below is the most sensitive label-free quantification method for proteins (1) UV spectroscopy (2) Infra-red spectroscopy (3) Raman spectroscopy (4) 13C content of protein […]
Intrinsic Fluorescence of Protein Is Due to Aromatic amino acids Tryptophan Tyrosine and Phenylalanine
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- August 8, 2025
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Which one of the following would contribute to intrinsic fluorescence to a protein? (1) aromatic amino acids (2) disulfide bonds (3) charged amino acids (4) branched chain amino acids […]


