Biopharmaceuticals - Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | GkSeries

1. The hormone insulin helps in the regulation of _______.

• [A] blood sugar.
• [B] blood glucose.
• [C] urine glucose.
• [D] urine sugar.

Answer: Option [B]

2. The insulin was sequenced by _______.

• [A] Sanger
• [B] Long
• [C] Franklin
• [D] Evans

Answer: Option [A]

3. The human growth hormone is otherwise called as _______.

• [A] somatotrophin.
• [B] somatorelin
• [C] somatostatin
• [D] somaregulin

Answer: Option [A]

4. The recombinant human growth hormone was first purified by _______.

• [A] Genetech scientist.
• [B] Sanger's lab scientist.
• [C] Eli Lille Lab.
• [D] Brownie scientist.

Answer: Option [A]

5. Which one of the following is a chemical modification of therapeutic proteins

• [A] hydration
• [B] PEGylation
• [C] carboxylation
• [D] All of the above

Answer: Option [B]

6. The disease hemophilia B is caused due to the deficiency of blood clotting factor _______.

• [A] VIII
• [B] IX
• [C] III
• [D] X.

Answer: Option [B]

7. The recombinant form of blood clotting factor VIIa is called _______.

• [A] Novoseven
• [B] Nanoseven
• [C] Proconvertin
• [D] Microseven

Answer: Option [A]

8. Which of the following blood clotting factor is NOT involved in the terminal pathway of coagulation?

• [A] Fibrinogen
• [B] Prothrombin
• [C] Proaccelerin
• [D] Proconvertin

Answer: Option [D]

9. The recombinant product of IFN is _______.

• [A] Roferon A.
• [B] Intron A.
• [C] Alferon
• [D] All the above.

Answer: Option [D]

10. What is the major source of active principles.

• [A] Plants
• [B] Mushroom
• [C] Bacteria
• [D] None

Answer: Option [A]

11. The hormone Erythropoietin is involved in the production of _______.

• [A] RBC
• [B] WBC
• [C] platelets
• [D] plasma

Answer: Option [A]

12. The half life of erythrocytes is _______.

• [A] 120 days.
• [B] 40 days.
• [C] 60 days.
• [D] 150 days.

Answer: Option [A]