Principles and Process of Biotechnology - Genetic Engineering (Recombinant DNA technology) NEET Questions

Biology - Biotechnology and Its Applications

Principles and Process of Biotechnology - Genetic Engineering (Recombinant DNA technology) MCQ Questions


1.
The term 'genetic engineering' is often used for
A.
Recombinant DNA technology
B.
Tissue culture
C.
Gene therapy
D.
Cell culture
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ANSWER :
A. Recombinant DNA technology
2.
Which of the following enzymes is used to cut DNA at specific sites?
A.
Ligase
B.
DNA polymerase
C.
Restriction endonuclease
D.
Exonuclease
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ANSWER :
C. Restriction endonuclease
3.

Taq polymerase is obtained from

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A.

Thermus aquaticus

B.

Thermus aquaticus

C.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

D.

Escherichia coli

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ANSWER :

B. Thermus aquaticus

4.
Restriction enzymes were discovered by
A.
Boyer and Cohen
B.
Arber and Smith
C.
Watson and Crick
D.
Kornberg
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ANSWER :
B. Arber and Smith
5.
A plasmid vector used widely in plant transformation is
A.
BAC
B.
YAC
C.
Ti plasmid
D.
Cosmid
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ANSWER :
C. Ti plasmid
6.
The first recombinant DNA molecule was constructed by
A.
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer
B.
Watson and Crick
C.
Nirenberg and Khorana
D.
Beadle and Tatum
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ANSWER :
A. Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer