Q.1
Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing ... [ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Transgenic cow, Rosie, which produces high fat milk for making ghee
  • b) Animal like bulls for farm work as they have super power
  • c) Transgenic mice for testing safety of polio vaccine before use in humans
  • d) Transgenic models for studying new treatments for certain cardiac diseases
Q.2
SCID is caused by defective gene coding for enzyme ...[ kerala 2006]
  • a) Adenosine deaminase
  • b) Guanosine deaminase
  • c) Guanosine transferase
  • d) Adenosine transamine
Q.3
Chemical knives/molecular scissors of DNA are ...[ MHTCET 2008]
  • a) Ligases
  • b) Transcriptase
  • c) Polymerases
  • d) Restriction endonucleases
Q.4
An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice ... [ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Gives high yield and is rich in vitamin A
  • b) Is completely resistant to all insects and diseases of paddy
  • c) Gives high yield but has no characteristic aroma
  • d) Does not require chemical fertilizers and growth hormones
Q.5
The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used in contemporary biology as ...[ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Source of industrial enzyme
  • b) Insecticide
  • c) Indicator of water pollution
  • d) Agent for production of dairy products
Q.6
First hormone produced artificially by culturing bacteria is ... [ AFMC 2009]
  • a) Insulin
  • b) Adrenaline
  • c) Thyroxine
  • d) Testosterone
Q.7
Plasmids are used in genetics engineering because they are ...[ CBSE 2000 ]
  • a) Easily available
  • b) Able to replicate
  • c) Able to integrate with host chromosome
  • d) Inert
Q.8
First clinical application of gene therapy was used in 1992 over a four years old girl for ... [ AIIMS 2011]
  • a) Adenosine deficiency
  • b) Adenine deficiency
  • c) Growth deficiency
  • d) Adenosine deaminase deficiency
Q.9
Removal and insertion of gene is
  • a) Genetic engineering
  • b) Biotechnology
  • c) Gene therapy
  • d) Cytogenetics
Q.10
Which one is a wrong statement .....[ Kerala 2007]
  • a) Transposons were visualized by Barbara Mc-Clintock
  • b) Ian Wilmut produced cloned sheep Dolly
  • c) In pedigree analysis, a person immediately affected is called propositus
  • d) DNA ligases are used to cleave DNA molecule
Q.11
DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive molecule is called ...[ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Probe
  • b) Clone
  • c) Plasmid
  • d) Vector
Q.12
In genetics engineering, DNA fragments are joined through ... [ ODisha 2005]
  • a) Ligase
  • b) Gyrase
  • c) Helicase
  • d) Polymerase
Q.13
Advancement in genetic engineering has been possible due to discovery of
  • a) Exonucleases
  • b) Oncogenes
  • c) Restriction endonuclease
  • d) Transposons
Q.14
In biochemical processes, cDNA is prepared from ... [ BHU 2012]
  • a) B-DNA
  • b) hnRNA
  • c) Z-DNA
  • d) mRNA
Q.15
Isolation of Bt gene from bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis was undertaken in year ... [ AMU 2009]
  • a) 1977
  • b) 1980
  • c) 1997
  • d) 1990
Q.16
In gel electrophoresis, differential mobility of DNA depends upon ... [ MPPMT 2011]
  • a) Helical nature of DNA
  • b) Charge and size of DNA
  • c) Hydrogen bonding between bases
  • d) Double stranded nature of DNA
Q.17
GM Bt brinjal has been developed in India for ... [RPMT 2011]
  • a) Enhancing shelf life
  • b) Enhancing mineral content
  • c) Drought resistance
  • d) Insect resistance
Q.18
Enzyme required for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is ...[ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Endonuclease
  • b) Taq polymerase
  • c) RNA polymerase
  • d) Ribonuclease
Q.19
Agarose extracted from sea weeds finds use in ... [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) PCR
  • b) Gel electrophoresis
  • c) Spectrophotometry
  • d) Tissue culture
Q.20
In transgenics, the expression of transgene in the target tissue is known by ...[ AFMC 2008]
  • a) Reporter
  • b) Transgene
  • c) Enhancer
  • d) Promoter
Q.21
Xenograft is a graft ... [ AMU 2012]
  • a) Between genetically identical individuals
  • b) Between individuals of different species
  • c) From one individuals to another of same species
  • d) From one area to another same individual
Q.22
Which one of the following is used as vector for cloning into higher organisms? [ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Salmonella typhimurium?
  • b) Rhizopus nigricans
  • c) Retrovirus
  • d) Baculovirus
Q.23
Restriction endonucleases used widely in RDT are obtained from ...[ KCET 2006]
  • a) Plasmids
  • b) Bacterial cells
  • c) Bacteriophages
  • d) All prokaryotic cells
Q.24
Restriction enzyme are used in genetic engineering because they
  • a) Cut DNA at specific base sequence
  • b) Can join DNA fragments
  • c) Are proteolytic enzymes which degrade harmful proteins
  • d) Cut DNA at variable sites
Q.25
What is true about DNA polymerase used in PCR ... [ CBSE 2012]
  • a) It is used to ligate introduced DNA in recipient cells
  • b) It is isolated from virus
  • c) It is active at high temperature
  • d) It serves as selectable marker
Q.26
Which is used in production of insulin by genetic engineering ... [ CBSE 2008]
  • a) Rhizobium
  • b) Saccharomyces
  • c) Mycobacterium
  • d) Escherichia
Q.27
Gene encoding Bt protein, specific for cotton bollworm is ... [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) cry II Ac
  • b) cry I Ab
  • c) cry IAc
  • d) cry II Abc
Q.28
Advancement in genetic engineering has been possible due to discovery of
  • a) Transposons
  • b) Endonucleases
  • c) Exonucleases
  • d) Oncogenes
Q.29
Silencing of mRNA/RNA interference has been used in development of plants resistant to ... [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Nematodes
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Insects
  • d) Viruses
Q.30
Identify the plasmid ..[ Kerala 2010]
  • a) EcoRI
  • b) pBR 322
  • c) AIUI
  • d) Hind III
Q.31
cDNA is ...[Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) Circular DNA
  • b) Coiled DNA
  • c) Cytoplasmic DNA
  • d) Complementary DNA
Q.32
DNA polymerase enzyme used in PCR is isolated from ... [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Thermus aquaticus
  • b) E.coli
  • c) Salmonella typhimurium
  • d) None of the above
Q.33
Which is true ...[ CBSE mains 2010]
  • a) Centromere is found in animal cells which produces aster during cell division
  • b) Insulin gene is present in every body cell
  • c) Nucleosome is formed of nucleotides
  • d) DNA has a core of eight histones
Q.34
Herbicide resistant gene is ...[ Odisha 2006]
  • a) Ct
  • b) Mt
  • c) Bt
  • d) GST
Q.35
Structural involved in genetic engineering is ... [ Manipal 1997]
  • a) DNA polymerase I
  • b) Prochromosome
  • c) Plastid
  • d) Restriction endonuclease
Q.36
A genetic disorder can be cured through ...
  • a) rDNA technology
  • b) Embryo transfer
  • c) Hybridoma technology
  • d) Gene therapy
Q.37
The technique of production of monoclonal antibodies was developed by ...[ Odisha 200]
  • a) Watson and Crick
  • b) Milstein and Kohler
  • c) Bentham and Hooker
  • d) Miescher
Q.38
A technique of deliberate manipulation of gene/ transfer of gene to a different organism is ... [ JKCMEE 2007]
  • a) Gene therapy
  • b) Tissue culture
  • c) Hybridoma technology
  • d) Genetic engineering
Q.39
With the help of DNA ligase donor DNA fragment is joined. It is called ...[ Tamil Nadu 2001]
  • a) Tissue culture
  • b) Protoplasmic fusion
  • c) Molecular cloning
  • d) Splicing
Q.40
What is the source of EcoRI ... [ AIIMS 2011]
  • a) Escherichia coli RI
  • b) Escherichia coli RI 13
  • c) Escherichia coli RX 13
  • d) Escherichia coli RY 13
Q.41
The enzymes which are commonly used in genetic engineering are .. [ KCET 2003] Explanation is provided, please click on
  • a) Restriction endonuclease and polymerase
  • b) Endonuclease and ligase
  • c) Restriction endonuclease and ligase
  • d) Ligase and polymerase
Q.42
Which is correctly matched ... [ kerala 2011]
  • a) Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Tumor
  • b) pBR 322 - Enzyme
  • c) Thermus aquaticus - Bt gene
  • d) Ligase - Molecular scissors
Q.43
Some of the steps involved in production of humulin are given below. Choose the correct sequence ... [ KCET 2010] i. Synthesis of insulin gene artificially ii. Culturing recombinant E. Coli in bioreactors iii. Purification of humulin iv. Insertion of human insulin gene into plasmid v. Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E.coli vi. Extraction of recombinant gene product from E.coli
  • a) ii, i, iv, iii, v, vi
  • b) i, iv, v, ii, vi, iii
  • c) i, iii, v, vi, ii, iv
  • d) iii, v, ii, i, vi, iv
Q.44
Flavr Savr variety of Tomato is ..[ DPMT 2005]
  • a) High yielding hybrid variety
  • b) High yielding new variety
  • c) Transgenic
  • d) Polyploid
Q.45
Two bacteria most useful in genetic engineering are ...[ CBSE 1998]
  • a) Rhizobium and Azotobacter
  • b) Escherichia and Agrobacterium
  • c) Rhizobium and Diplococcus
  • d) Nitrosomonas and Klebsiella
Q.46
PCR proceeds in three distinct steps governed by temperature. They are in order of ... [ DPMT 2011]
  • a) Denaturation, synthesis, annealing
  • b) Annealing, synthesis, denaturation
  • c) Synthesis, annealing, denaturation
  • d) Denaturation, annealing, synthesis
Q.47
A transgenic plant having higher storage protein is ... [ MHTCET 2008]
  • a) Rice
  • b) Maize
  • c) Tomato
  • d) Potato
Q.48
Hybridoma is connected with ... [ AFMC 2011]
  • a) Growth of cancer
  • b) Monoclonal antibody formation
  • c) Antibody-antigen interaction
  • d) Activity of NK cells
Q.49
Restriction enzyme EcoR I cleavages DNA at the sequence ...[ Odisha 2001]
  • a) AAGCTT
  • b) AAGTTC
  • c) GTATATC
  • d) GAATTC
Q.50
Which of the following has not been synthesized by DNA technology?
  • a) Insulin
  • b) Haemoglobin
  • c) Somatostatin
  • d) Interferon
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