MCQs On Biotechnology

Plasmid pSC101 has an antibiotic resistance gene for:

1. Ampicillin
2. Penicillin
3. Tetracycline
4. Streptomycin

The crossing of different varieties of plants or even species is called:

1. Hybridization
2. Crossing over
3. Blending
4. Mixing

The means by which recombinant DNA is introduced in a host cell is called:

1. Carrier
2. Transmitter
3. Vector
4. Scalar

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Urine is preferably used as a vehicle for biotechnology product than:

1. Milk
2. Plasma
3. Blood
4. Tissue fluid

A very useful method of DNA finger printing is:

1. Genetic engineering
2. Cloning
3. PCR
4. Transformation

Also Read: MCQs On PCR

About three billion base pairs are present in the genome of a:

1. Dog
2. Man
3. Horse
4. Monkey

In a cell process of DNA replication carried out by an enzyme DNA:

1. Ligase
2. Primase
3. Polymerase
4. Helicase

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Cell suspension cultures of Digitalis lanata produce:

1. Digitoxin
2. Quinine
3. Resochin
4. Polludrin

Soyabeans have been made resistant to a common:

1. Insecticide
2. Fungicide
3. Herbicide
4. Pesticide

Meristem is a:

1. Fungus free region
2. Pathogen free region
3. Bacteria free region
4. Virus free region