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Q133 (IAS/2001) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › National movement chronology

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

(Achievement in genetics) | (Scientists)
I. Discovery of tramsdiction and Conjugation in bacteria | (A) Khurana
II. Establishing the sex-linked inheritance | (B) Kornberg
III. Isolation of DNA polymerase form E. coli | (C) Lederberg
IV. Establishing the complete genetic code | (D) Morgan
| (E) Ochoa

Result
Your answer:  ·  Correct: D
Explanation
Joshua Lederberg is known for discovering conjugation and transduction in bacteria (I matches C). Thomas Hunt Morgan established sex-linked inheritance through his work on fruit flies (II matches D). Arthur Kornberg was the first to isolate DNA polymerase from E. coli (III matches B). Finally, Har Gobind Khorana made major contributions to deciphering the complete genetic code (IV matches A). Therefore, the correct matching sequence is Option D.
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