Biotechnology MCQ

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• Consider the following statements.<br>1. According to the Indian Patents Act, a biological process to create seed can be patented in India.<br>2. In India, there is no Intellectual Property Appellate Board.<br>3. Plant varieties are not eligible to be patented in India.<br>Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
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  1 and 3

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  2 and 3

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  Only 3

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  1, 2 and 3
• For which desirable character the transgenic crop 'Golden Rice' is produced?
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  Vitamin A

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  Essential Amino Acids

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  Insulin

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  Characteristic Starch
• Dolly, the world's first cloned animal was a
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  sheep

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  cow

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  goat

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  pig
• Researchers are manufacturing Genetically Modified (GM) fungi to produce
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  Cheaper biofuel

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  Generic drug for teatment of cancer

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  Food supplement

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  Edible oil
• Given<br>1. Blood cells<br>2. Bone cells<br>3. Hair strands<br>4. Saliva<br>Samples taken for DNA testing in criminal investigation can be
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  Only 1, 2 and 3

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  Only 1 and 4

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  Only 2 and 3

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  1, 2, 3 and 4
• Consider the following kinds of organisms.<br>1. Bacteria<br>2. Fungi<br>3. Flowering plants<br>Some species of which of the above kinds of organisms are employed as bio-pesticides?
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  Only 1

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  Only 2 and 3

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  Only 1 and 3

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  1, 2 and 3
• Who first outlined the structure of the life molecule (D.N.A.)?
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  Dr. Maghnath Saha

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  Dr. Stephan Hawking

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  Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick

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  Dr. Alexander Fleming
• PCR stands for
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  Polymerase Cyclic Reaction

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  Polymerase Chain Reaction

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  Polyethyl Cytosine Reaction

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  Polymerisation Chain Reaction
• Consider the following statements and choose the correct one:<br>1. The flavr savr tomato was the first genetically engineered crop product to be commercialised.<br>2. Ripe fruits of flavr savr remain firm for longer duration and can be transported to market after vine-ripening.<br>3. Ripe fruits of flavr save have colour but not the full array of vine ripened tomato flavours.
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  2 and 3

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  1, 2 and 3

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  1 and 2

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  1 and 3
• Which one of the following in the bioethically non-controversial source of stem cells as an alternative to the highly controversial embryo-nic stem cells?
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  Bone marrow - derived stem cells

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  Amniotic fluid derived stem cells

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  Blood of foetus

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  Blood of babies
• Injaz, is the name of the world's first cloned
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  camel

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  goat

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  pig

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  sheep
• Golden rice is
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  Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains

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  A variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China

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  Long stored rice having yellow colour tint

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  A transgenic rice having gene for carotene
• Amniocentesis is a method used to determine the
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  Foetal sex

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  Kind of amino acids

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  Sequence of amino acids in protein

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  Type of hormones
• Which of the following statements about a clone of an organism is correct?
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  A clone has characteristics of both its parents

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  A clone is produced asexually

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  Indentical twins are clones of an organism

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  Two clones of an organism may not be identical
• Which of the following features of DNA makes it uniquely suited to store and transmit genetic: information from generation-to-generation?
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  Complementary to the two strands

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  Double helix

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  Number of base-pairs per turn

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  Sugar-phosphate backbone
• Assertion (A): Dolly was the first cloned mammal.<br>Reason (R): Dolly was produced by in-vitro fertilization.
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  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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  Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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  (A) is true, but (R) is false

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  (A) is false, but (R) is true
• The term 'GM food' refers to the food
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  that grows under genetic measures

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  that is genetically modified

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  that grows under geographical modification

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  with greater glucose metabolism
• Which one of the given is useful for proving paternity?
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  Gene therapy

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  Gene cloning

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  DNA Recombinant technology

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  DNA fingerprinting
• 'Metastasis' is the process by which
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  Cells divide rapidly under the influence of drugs

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  Cancer cells spread through the blood or lymphatic system to other sites or organs

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  The chromosomes in cells nuclei are attached to the spindle before moving to the anaphase poles

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  Cancer cells are successfully inhibited to divide any further
• What is Pig 26?
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  An insulin obtained from the Indian pig using the genetic engineering methods

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  An energy capsule being used by astronauts as food supplements

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  First animal to be created by gene editing

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  A new patent law enforced in USA
• Which of the following is a correct description of 'tissue culture'?
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  Conservation of forests and plantation

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  Growth and propagation of horticultural crops

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  Science of cultivating animal tissue in artificial medium

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  Protection of wild animals
• The American multinational company, Monsanto, has produced an insect resistant cotton variety that is undergoing field trials in India. A toxin gene from which one of the following bacteria has been transferred to this transgenic cotton
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  Bacillus subtilis

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  Bacillus thuringiensis

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  Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

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  Bacillus globigii
• Assertion (A): 'Goldern rice' is a biotechnological achievement to the benefit of consumers as much as the farmers.<br>Reason (R): The yellow colour of this rice reflects a high level of beta carotene, a compound that is converted to vitamin A in the body.
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  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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  Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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  (A) is true, but (R) is false

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  (A) is false, but (R) is true
• Consider the given statements.<br>1. BT brinjal is created by inserting its genome, into the gene of soil fungus.<br>2. The seeds of BT brinjal one terminator seed so farmers have to buy it before every weather from seed companies.<br>3. This is also a fact that it can affect the user's health negatively.<br>4. The other threat is that its insertion may affect adversely bio-diversity.<br>Choose the right answer:
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  Only 1, 2 and 3

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  Only 2 and 3

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  Only 3 and 4

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  1, 2, 3 and 4
• Assertion (A): 'DNA Fingerprinting' has become as an important test to establish paternity and identity of criminals of rape cases.<br>Reason (R): Small samples such as hair, dried blood and semen are adequate for DNA analysis.<br>Select the correct answer:
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  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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  Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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  (A) is true, but (R) is false

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  (A) is false, but (R) is true
• Which one was the first successful cloned animal?
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  Sheep

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  Gibbon

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  Rabbit

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  None of these
• Consider the following as objectives of the New Science and Technology Policy, 2003 and state which is/are correcty state?<br>1. Optimal utilisation of existing physical and knowledge resources.<br>2. Development of innovative technologies.<br>3. Development of systems and technologies for mitigation and management of natural hazards.<br>4. Management of intellectual property.
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  Only 1 and 2

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  Only 1, 2 and 3

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  Only 1, 3 and 4

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  1, 2, 3 and 4
• What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology?
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  Production of biolarvicides

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  Manufacture of biodegradable plastics

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  Reproductive cloning of animals

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  Production of organisms free of diseases
• The Plant Field Gene Bank at Banthara will
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  Preserve endangered varieties of plants

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  Check piracy of bio-diversity

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  Identify economically important wild plants

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  Look after all the above
• 'Super rice' was developed by
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  M.S. Swaminathan

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  G.S. Khush

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  N.E. Borlog

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  P.K. Gupta