Introduction to Biotechnology MCQs

Question 1

The model organism for the Griffith experiment on transformation was

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Treponema palladium

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Escherichia coli

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Agrobacterium tumifaciense

Question 2

"All living cells arise from pre-existing cells" was proposed in cell theory by

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Schleiden and Schwann

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Rudolf Virchow

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Dutrocht

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Pasteur

Question 3

The first genetically engineered human protein was

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Somatostatin

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Interferon

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Insulin

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Streptokinase

Question 4

Development of adventitious organs in the callus tissue is called

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Organogenesis

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Embryogenesis

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Megasporogenesis

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Sporogenesis

Question 5

One of the following scientists is associated with the development of gene gun?

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J. C. Sanford

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Hargovind Khurana

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D. Baltimore

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Eric Reeves

Question 6

Who among the following is related to transposons or mobile gene?

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McClintock Barbara

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Hersey and Chase

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Jacob and Monad

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Ramakrishnan

Question 7

The transgenic animals are those which have

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Foreign DNA in all its cells

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Foreign RNA in all its cells

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Foreign DNA in some of its cells

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Both A and B

Question 8

Crown gall disease in plants is caused by

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Ti plasmid

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Pi plasmid

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Bacteria

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Virus

Question 9

Dr. Anand Mohan Chakraborty is credited with designing of a bacterial strain . . . . . . . . capable of metabolizing hydrocarbon.

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Pseudomonas putida

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Bacillus subtilis

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