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WorksheetsMCQs on Transgenic Animals
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Transgenic animals are:
Animals with improved nutritional value
Animals whose genome has been altered by introducing a foreign gene
Animals selected through natural breeding
Animals that are resistant to pesticides
Alpha-1-antitrypsin produced by transgenic sheep is used for the treatment of:
Diabetes
Emphysema
Cancer
Hemophilia
Which bioactive product from transgenic cows improves the nutritional quality of milk?
Insulin
Alpha-lactalbumin
Growth hormone
Hemoglobin
Transgenic animals are used for vaccine safety testing because:
They produce vaccines in milk
They can be used to test efficacy and side effects before human use
They reduce the cost of vaccine production
They prevent disease naturally
Which of the following is an example of a therapeutic protein produced by transgenic animals?
Vitamin D
Human clotting factor VIII
Iron
Collagen
The role of GEAC in India is to:
Develop vaccines
Approve large-scale use of genetically modified organisms
Produce bioactive products
Conduct animal experiments
Which of the following diseases is studied using transgenic mice models?
Hypertension
Alzheimer’s disease
Common cold
Malaria
The main advantage of using transgenic animals as bioreactors is:
They reduce ethical issues
They produce proteins that are biologically active and correctly folded
They replace natural ecosystems
They do not require regulation
Which of the following is NOT an application of transgenic animals?
Production of bioactive products
Chemical safety testing
Increasing biodiversity
Study of human diseases
The ethical concern in using transgenic animals is mainly due to:
Low cost of production
Pain and suffering caused to animals
High efficiency of protein synthesis
Reduced drug development time
