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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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