{"id":88384,"date":"2025-06-01T07:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=88384"},"modified":"2025-06-01T07:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T07:09:16","slug":"who-among-the-following-shared-the-nobel-prize-in-1962-along-with-fran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-among-the-following-shared-the-nobel-prize-in-1962-along-with-fran\/","title":{"rendered":"Who among the following shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 along with Fran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who among the following shared the Nobel Prize in 1962 along with Francis Crick and James Watson for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Erwin Chargaff&#8221; option2=&#8221;Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins&#8221; option3=&#8221;Rosalind Franklin&#8221; option4=&#8221;Phoebus Levene&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC NDA-2 &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-nda-2-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-nda-2-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 was awarded jointly to James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids (specifically DNA).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson, Crick, and Wilkins, significantly aided by the X-ray diffraction work of Rosalind Franklin (who was not awarded as the prize is not posthumous), was a landmark achievement in molecular biology.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\n&#8211; Erwin Chargaff is known for Chargaff&#8217;s rules, which state that in DNA, the amount of adenine (A) is approximately equal to the amount of thymine (T), and the amount of guanine (G) is approximately equal to the amount of cytosine (C). 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