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Biotechnology application

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

GEAC stands for

a)

Genome Engineering Action Committee

b)

Ground Environment Action Committee

c)

Genetic Engineering Approval Committee

d)

Genetic and Environment Approval Committee.

2.

α – 1 – antitrypsin is

a)

an antacid

b)

an enzyme

c)

used to treat arthritis

d)

used to treat emphysema.

3.

The site of production of ADA in the body is

a)

erythrocytes

b)

lymphocytes

c)

blood plasma

d)

osteocytes.

4.

Golden rice is

a)

a variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China

b)

long stored rice having yellow colour tint

c)

a transgenic rice having gene for β -carotene

d)

wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains.

5.

In RNAi, genes are silenced using

a)

ssDNA

b)

dsDNA

c)

dsRNA

d)

ssRNA.

6.

Which one of the following is not used as biofertiliser ?

a)

Bacillus thuringiensis

b)

Anabaena

c)

Nostoc

d)

Rhizobium

7.

Which variety of rice was patented by a U.S. company even though the highest number of varieties of this rice are found in India ?

a)

Sharbati Sonora

b)

Co-667

c)

Basmati

d)

LermaRojo

8.

C-peptide of human insulin is

a)

a part of mature insulin molecule

b)

responsible for formation of disulphide bridges

c)

removed during maturation of pro-insulin to insulin

d)

responsible for its biological activity.

Answer:

9.

Which of the following genes were introduced in cotton to protect it from cotton bollworms ?

a)

Cry Ac and CryAb

b)

BtAc and Btab

c)

CrylAc and CryllAb

d)

Nif genes

10.

Which of the following companies started selling humulin in the year 1983 ?

a)

EliLilly

b)

Genetech

c)

GEAC

d)

None of these

11.

Early detection of a disease is possible by

a)

PCR

b)

gene therapy

c)

recombinant DNA technology and ELISA

d)

Both (a) and (c).

12.

Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of

a)

Mycobacterium

b)

Rhizobium

c)

Saccharomyces

d)

Escherichia.

13.

‘Flavr Savr’ variety of tomato which remains fresh for a longer period than normal tomato variety

a)

has high amount of enzyme polygalacturonase

b)

has reduced amount of enzyme polygalacturonase

c)

is a pest resistant variety

d)

is rich in vitamin A and prevents night blindness. ‘

14.

The trigger for the activation of the toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis

a)

acidic pH of stomach

b)

high temperature

c)

Alkaline pH of gut

d)

mechanical action in the insect gut

15.

ADA is an enzyme which is deficient in a genetic disorder SCID.what is the full form of ADA?

a)

Adenosine deoxyaminase

b)

Aspartate deaminase

c)

Arginine deaminase

d)

Adenosine deaminase

16.

What was the purpose of the Human Genome Project

a)

to sequence all of the genes in humans

b)

to find every disease in humans

c)

to name all of the nucleotides in humans

d)

to project all of the human's into a genome