Genetic Engineering Quiz Questions:
Ques. “Molecular scissors” used in genetic engineering is
(a) Helicase
(b) DNA ligase
(c) DNA polymerase
(d) Restriction endonuclease
Ques. The organism which is used for gene transfer in higher organism is
(a) Agrobacterium tumefacians
(b) E. coli
(c) Acetobacter
(d) Bacillus thuringenesis
Ques. First artificial gene was synthesized by
(a) Nirenberg
(b) Mendel
(c) Morgan
(d) Khorana
Ques. Which one of the following is regarded as a natural genetic engineer?
(a) Klebsiella frosteri
(b) Bacillus subtites
(c) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(d) Neurospora
Ques. Plants are genetically engineered with novel genes by
(a) Protoplast fusion
(b) Recombinant DNA technology
(c) Embryo rescue technique
(d) Recombination breeding
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Ques. Reproducing new plants by cells instead of seeds is known as
(a) Biofertilizer
(b) Tissue culture
(c) Mutation
(d) Antibiotics
Ques. In which bacteria gene of insulin was cloned
(a) E. coli
(b) Clostridium
(c) Shigella
(d) Diplococcus
Ques. Structures involved in genetic engineering is
(a) Plasmids
(b) Codon
(c) Plastid
(d) Scissors
Ques. What does Bt stand for in the popular crop Bt-cotton?
(a) Biotechnology
(b) Bacillus tomentosa
(c) Best
(d) Bacillus thuringenesis
Ques. Modified antibiotics are manufactured by the technique of
(a) Ultrafiltration
(b) Ultracentrifuge
(c) Vernalization
(d) Genetic engineering
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Ques. Which one is used as vector in genetic engineering?
(a) Cyanophage
(b) Bacteriophage
(c) Plasmid
(d) None of these
Ques. The genetically engineered crop which has been recently introduced in India is
(a) Herbicide tolerant maize
(b) Bt cotton
(c) Slow ripening tomato
(d) Golden rice
Ques. The first gene therapy used cells altered outside the recipient’s body and is called
(a) in situ
(b) in vivo
(c) ex vivo
(d) Vaccine
Ques. Widely used tool in genetic engineering of crop plants involves
(a) protoplast fusion
(b) Microinjection
(c) Agrobacterium mediation
(d) Transposon mediation
Ques. Which one of the following is indispensable in genetic engineering?
(a) DNA ligase
(b) DNA polymerase
(c) RNA polymerase
(d) Reverse transcription
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Ques. ‘Cloning’ is meant for
(a) Production of HGH gene in E. coli
(b) To preserve the genotype of organism
(c) To replace the original gene
(d) All of these
Ques. Insect resistance transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of DNA from
(a) An insect
(b) A wild relative of cotton
(c) A bacterium
(d) A virus
Ques. Genetic drift operates only in
(a) Smaller population
(b) Larger population
(c) Mendelian population
(d) Island population
Ques. Which of the following is important in genetic engineering?
(a) DNA polymerase
(b) Restriction endonuclease
(c) RNA polymerase
(d) Nuclease
Ques. Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering experiment are
(a) Nitrosomonas and Klebsiella
(b) Escherichia and Agrobacterium
(c) Nitrobacter and Azotobacter
(d) Rhizobium and Diplococcus
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Ques. Abnormal gene is replaced by normal genes through
(a) Gene therapy
(b) Medicines
(c) Cloning
(d) Radiation
Ques. Which one of the following is called resistance transfer factor?
(a) F–factor
(b) R–factor
(c) Col–factor
(d) None of these
Ques. HIV has a protein coat and a genetic material which is
(a) ss DNA
(b) ss RNA
(c) ds DNA
(d) ds RNA
Ques. Which enzyme is used for the separation of genetic material?
(a) Ligase
(b) Restriction endonuclease
(c) Hydrolase
(d) Amylase
Ques. Genetically engineered human insulin is called
(a) Humulin
(b) Haematin
(c) Hybridoma
(d) Hybridoma
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Ques. Which one of the following is a first genetic engineered medicine?
(a) Humulin
(b) Somatostatin
(c) Interferon
(d) Human growth hormone
Ques. A human gene product can be produced by genetically engineered bacteria. This is possible because the
(a) Human chromosome can replicate in bacterial cell
(b) Mechanism of gene regulation is identical in humans and bacteria
(c) Genetic code is universal
(d) Bacterial cell can carry out the splicing reaction
Ques. In transgenics, expression of transgene in target tissue is determined by
(a) Promoter
(b) Reporter
(c) Enhancer
(d) Transgene
Ques. Which of the following organielles is related with Genetic Enginering?
(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) Lysosomes
(c) Mitochondria
(d) Plasmids
Ques. Genetically engineered human insulin is manufactured by the use of
(a) Pseudomonas
(b) Ashbya gossypii
(c) Rhizopus
(d) Escherichia coli
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Ques. Somatic hybrids are produced by
(a) Protoplast fusion
(b) Tissue culture
(c) Pollen culture
(d) Hybridoma process
Ques. Genetic engineering is connected with
(a) Eugenics
(b) Euthencis
(c) Euphenics
(d) All of these
Ques. Introduction of foreign genes for improving genotype is
(a) Biotechnology
(b) Tissue culture
(c) Vernalization
(d) Genetic engineering
Ques. Which of the following genetic diseases is not caused due to autosomal genemulaiton?
(a) Albinism
(b) Alcaptonuria
(c) Haemophilia
(d) Phenylketonuria
Ques. The term ‘Genetics’ was introduced by
(a) William Harvey
(b) Johannsen
(c) William Bateson
(d) Hugo de Vries
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Ques. The first great geneticist was
(a) Miller
(b) Mendel
(c) Galton
(d) Morgan
Ques. Which of the following is related to genetic engineering?
(a) Plastid
(b) Plasmid
(c) Heterosis
(d) Mutation
Ques. Name the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his genetic studies on the linear arrangement of genes on the chromosomes in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster
(a) C.F. Wolff
(b) T.A. Knight
(c) J. Swammerdam
(d) T. H. Morgan
Ques. Transgenic plants are
(a) Plants having no gene
(b) Plants in which gene are present in an opposite or transposition
(c) Plants in which genes have no function to perform
(d) Plants in which genes of another organism have been implanted
Ques. Which genetic disorder is caused due to autosomal numerical change?
(a) Hypertrichosis
(b) Edward syndrome
(c) Haemophilia
(d) Albinism
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Ques. Which genetic disorder develops due to chromosomal structural change?
(a) Cri – du – chat syndrome
(b) Super female
(c) Super male
(d) All the above
Ques. Cistron concept of the gene is that
(a) Gene is a unit of function
(b) Gene is a unit of recombination
(c) Gene is a unit of mutation
(d) None of these
Ques. The genotypes of a dominent parent is determind by crossing it with the hybrid. This cross is known as
(a) Red cross
(b) Long cross
(c) Back cross
(d) Test cross
