Explore topic-wise MCQs in Genetic Engineering.

This section includes 5 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Genetic Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Mobile portions of a chromosome which can be transferred from one portion to another are termed as ___________

A. mobile part
B. transposons
C. walking elements
D. transferrable genetic element
Answer» C. walking elements
2.

If the clone for a gene is obtained on the basis of its position in the gene map, then it is called as ___________

A. locational cloning
B. positional cloning
C. chromosome walking
D. transposon tagging
Answer» C. chromosome walking
3.

Sometimes successive rounds of screening of a genomic library are carried out and an ordered collection of clones is done in a linear fashion, then the process is called as ___________

A. chromosome jumping
B. chromosome sorting
C. chromosome walking
D. transposon tagging
Answer» D. transposon tagging
4.

The important parameters for precise annealing of the probe and the subsequent washing don t include ___________

A. Size of the probe
B. Proportion of only A
C. Ionic concentration of hybridization buffer
D. Other agents which alter the base pairing
Answer» C. Ionic concentration of hybridization buffer
5.

The process of baking or cross-linking of the membrane is carried out by ___________

A. By heating at 80 degrees
B. By irradiating with UV
C. Both irradiation and heating method are used
D. By addition of agarose
Answer» D. By addition of agarose