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Applications of Biotechnology MCQs | Applications of Biotechnology Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers

(1) The technique of obtaining large number of plantlet by tissue culture method is called
[A] Plantlet culture
[B] Micropropagation
[C] Organ culture
[D] Macropropagation
Answer: Micropropagation
(2) Maximum application of animal cell culture technology today is in the production of
[A] Insulin
[B] Interferons
[C] Edible proteins
[D] Vaccines
Answer: Vaccines
(3) In tissue culture medium, the embryoids formed from pollen grains is due to
[A] Organogenesis
[B] Cellular totipotency
[C] Double fertilization
[D] Test tube culture
Answer: Cellular totipotency
(4) What is true for monoclonal antibodies?
[A] These antibodies obtained from one parent and for one antigen
[B] These obtained from many parents and for many antigens
[C] These obtained from different parents and for one antigen
[D] These obtained from one parent and for many antigens
Answer: These obtained from different parents and for one antigen
(5) Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering experiments are
[A] Nitrobacter and Azotobacter
[B] Rhizobium and Diplococcus
[C] Nitrosomonas and Kliebsiella
[D] Escherichia and Agrobacterium
Answer: Escherichia and Agrobacterium
(6) A genetically engineered microorganism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is a species of
[A] Trichoderma
[B] Bacillus
[C] Xanthomonas
[D] Pseudomonas
Answer: Pseudomonas
(7) Probiotics are
[A] cancer inducing microbes
[B] safe antibiotics
[C] new kind of food allergens
[D] live microbial food supplement
Answer: live microbial food supplement
(8) In order to obtain virus free plants through tissue culture the best method is
[A] meristem culture
[B] protoplast culture
[C] anther culture
[D] embryo rescue
Answer: meristem culture
(9) Insect resistant transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of DNA from
[A] An insect
[B] A bacterium
[C] A wild relative of cotton
[D] A virus
Answer: A bacterium
(10) Hybridoma technology has been successfully used in
[A] Production of somatic hybrids
[B] Synthesis of monoclonal antibiotics
[C] Synthesis of haemoglobin
[D] Pproduction of alcohol in bulk
Answer: Synthesis of monoclonal antibiotics
(11) During “gene cloning” which is called as “gene taxi”?
[A] Vaccine
[B] Plasmid
[C] Bacterium
[D] Protozoa
Answer: Plasmid
(12) Name the drug used in cancer treatment produced by using biotechnology
[A] Terramycin
[B] HGH
[C] Interferon
[D] TSH
Answer: Interferon
(13) Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The prefix Bt means
[A] ”Barium treated”cotton seeds
[B] ”Bigger thread” variety of cotton with better tensile strength
[C] Produced by “Biotechnology”using restriction enzymes and ligases
[D] Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thrungienesis
Answer: Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thrungienesis
(14) The first antibiotic was discovered by
[A] Louis Pasteur
[B] R.Koch
[C] TW.Fleming
[D] A.Fleming
Answer: A.Fleming
(15) In transgenics, expression of transgene in target tissue is determined by
[A] Transgene
[B] Promoter
[C] Reporter
[D] Enhancer
Answer: Promoter
(16) Terminator gene
[A] Help in terminating flowering
[B] Help in terminating seed germination
[C] Used in hybridization
[D] None of these
Answer: Help in terminating seed germination
(17) First biochemical to be produced commercially by microbial cloning and genetic engineering
[A] Human insulin
[B] Penicillin
[C] Interferons
[D] Fertility factor
Answer: Human insulin
(18) Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trail
[A] Insect resistance
[B] High lysine content
[C] High protein content
[D] High vitamin-A content
Answer: High vitamin-A content
(19) Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel
[A] Biofertilizers
[B] Bio-metaluurgical techniques
[C] Bio-mineralization process
[D] Bio-insecticidal plants
Answer: Bio-insecticidal plants

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