Introduction to Biotechnology MCQs

Question 1

Who amongst the following discovered transduction in bacteria?

Accepted Answer

N. D. Zinder and J. Lederberg

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F. Griffith

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Stanley Cohen

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J. Lederberg and E. Tatum

Question 2

Germany's poison gas in World War-I developed by

Accepted Answer

Haber

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Knowels

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Hitlor

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Steveson

Question 3

One - gene - one enzyme hypothesis discovered by Beadle and Tatum was based on

Accepted Answer

Molds

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Yeasts

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Actinomycetes

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None of these

Question 4

Which one of the following animal diseases was officially declared eradicated by FAO in the year 2011?

Accepted Answer

Rinderpest

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CBPP

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Dourine

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African horse sickness

Question 5

The term totipotency was experimentally established by

Accepted Answer

Haberlandt

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Griffith

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Steward

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Skoog and Miller

Question 6

Plants produced through genetic engineering by the introduction of new genes are called

Accepted Answer

Transgenic plants

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Hybrid plants

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Vectors

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Plasmids

Question 7

Which of the following is known as "father of genetics"?

Accepted Answer

Mendel

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Darwin

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Lamarck

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Hooke

Question 8

To generate environmental awareness Paryavaran Vahini Scheme was launched in

Accepted Answer

1994

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1998

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1968

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1992

Question 9

A bioreactor is

Accepted Answer

Fermentation tank

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Culture containing radioactive isotopes

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Culture for synthesis of new chemicals

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Hybridoma