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This set of Biotechnology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Biotechnology Set 2
Q1 | DNA fragments separated on an agarose gel can be visualized after staining with ____
- ethidium bromide
- bromophenol blue
- acetocarmine
- aniline blue
Q2 | A gene whose expression helps to identify transformed cells is known as ____
- Plasmid
- Selectable marker
- Structural gene
- vector
Q3 | A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule is called
- Plasmid
- Probe
- selectable marker
- Vector
Q4 | There is a restriction endonuclease called Eco RI. What does ‘co’ part in it stand for?
- Coli
- Colon
- Cofactor
- None of the above
Q5 | Agarose extracted from sea weeds finds use in ____
- Spectrophotometry
- Gel electrophoresis
- PCR
- tissue culture
Q6 | Animal biotechnology involves
- production of valuable products in animals using rDNA technology
- rapid multiplication of animals of desired genotypes
- alteration of genes to make it more desirable
- all of these
Q7 | Animal cell cultures are used widely for the production of
- insulin
- somatostatin
- mabs
- thyroxine
Q8 | The first vaccine developed from animal cell culture was
- Hepatitis B vaccine
- Influenza vaccine
- Small pox vaccine
- Polio vaccine
Q9 | Which of the following are commonly produced in animal cell cultures
- Interferon
- mab
- vaccines
- all of these
Q10 | The cell line used for the production of polio vaccine was
- Primate kidney cell line
- CHO cell line
- Dog kidney cell line
- mouse fibroblast cell line
Q11 | Recombinant proteins are
- proteins synthesized in animals
- proteins synthesized by transgene in host cell by rDNA technology
- proteins synthesised in cells that are produced by protoplast fusion
- proteins synthesized in mutated cell lines
Q12 | Interferons are
- anti bacterial proteins
- anti-viral proteins
- bacteriostatic proteins
- all of these
Q13 | The virus commonly used to infect cell cultures for the production of interferon is
- Corona virus
- Sendai virus
- Polio virus
- Small pox virus
Q14 | Hybrid antibodies are
- antibodies produced in cell cultures
- antibodies designed using rDNA technology produced in cell cultures
- antibodies produced in invivo
- both a and b
Q15 | The technique used in animal biotechnology for the rapid multiplication and production ofanimals with a desirable genotype is
- protoplast fusion and embryo transfer
- hybrid selection and embryo transfer
- in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
- all of these
Q16 | The production of complete animals from somatic cells of an animal is called
- gene cloning
- animal cloning
- cell cloning
- all of these
Q17 | The first successfully cloned animal was
- monkey
- gibbon
- sheep
- rabbit
Q18 | In humans, the babies produced by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer was popularly called as
- invitro babies
- test tube babies
- invitro-invivo babies
- all of these