Question 1

A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule is called

Accepted Answer

A)  Plasmid
B)  Probe
C)  selectable marker
D)  Vector B

Question 2

Agarose extracted from sea weeds finds use in ____

Accepted Answer

A)  Spectrophotometry
B)  Gel electrophoresis
C)  PCR
D)  tissue culture B

Question 3

Hybrid antibodies are

Accepted Answer

A)  antibodies produced in cell cultures
B)  antibodies designed using rDNA technology produced in cell cultures
C)  antibodies produced in invivo
D)  both a and b B

Question 4

In humans, the babies produced by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer was popularly called as

Accepted Answer

A)  invitro babies
B)  test tube babies
C)  invitro-invivo babies
D)  all of these

Question 5

Recombinant proteins are

Accepted Answer

A)  proteins synthesized in animals
B)  proteins synthesized by transgene in host cell by rDNA technology
C)  proteins synthesised in cells that are produced by protoplast fusion
D)  proteins synthesized in mutated cell lines

Question 6

Interferons are

Accepted Answer

A)  anti bacterial proteins
B)  anti-viral proteins
C)  bacteriostatic proteins
D)  all of these

Question 7

The cell line used for the production of polio vaccine was

Accepted Answer

A)  Primate kidney cell line
B)  CHO cell line
C)  Dog kidney cell line
D)  mouse fibroblast cell line

Question 8

The first vaccine developed from animal cell culture was

Accepted Answer

A)  Hepatitis B vaccine
B)  Influenza vaccine
C)  Small pox vaccine
D)  Polio vaccine

Question 9

The production of complete animals from somatic cells of an animal is called

Accepted Answer

A)  gene cloning
B)  animal cloning
C)  cell cloning
D)  all of these

Question 10

A gene whose expression helps to identify transformed cells is known as ____

Accepted Answer

A)  Plasmid
B)  Selectable marker
C)  Structural gene
D)  vector

Question 11

The technique used in animal biotechnology for the rapid multiplication and production of animals with a desirable genotype is

Accepted Answer

A)  protoplast fusion and embryo transfer
B)  hybrid selection and embryo transfer
C)  in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
D)  all of these

Question 12

Animal biotechnology involves

Accepted Answer

A)  production of valuable products in animals using rDNA technology
B)  rapid multiplication of animals of desired genotypes
C)  alteration of genes to make it more desirable
D)  all of these

Question 13

DNA fragments separated on an agarose gel can be visualized after staining with ____

Accepted Answer

A)  ethidium bromide
B)  bromophenol blue
C)  acetocarmine
D)  aniline blue

Question 14

Animal cell cultures are used widely for the production of

Accepted Answer

A)  insulin
B)  somatostatin
C)  mabs
D)  thyroxine

Question 15

Which of the following are commonly produced in animal cell cultures

Accepted Answer

A)  Interferon
B)  mab
C)  vaccines
D)  all of these

Question 16

There is a restriction endonuclease called Eco RI. What does 'co' part in it stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coli
B)  Colon
C)  Cofactor
D)  None of the above

Question 17

The virus commonly used to infect cell cultures for the production of interferon is

Accepted Answer

A)  Corona virus
B)  Sendai virus
C)  Polio virus
D)  Small pox virus

Exam 2: Biotechnology and Animal Cell Culture