Explore topic-wise MCQs in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Pharmaceutical Biotechnology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

__________ demonstrated a plasmid-induced immune response using mice by inoculating with a plasmid expressing human growth hormone which elicited antibodies instead of faltering growth.

A. Stephen Johnston
B. Karry Mullis
C. Robert Hook
D. Alexander Fleming
Answer» B. Karry Mullis
2.

Recombinant engineered vaccines are being extensively explored to eradicate the following factors, except _________

A. Infectious diseases
B. Cancers
C. Allergies and cancers
D. Mental illness
Answer» E.
3.

A recombinant engineered vaccine is direct manipulation of genes of weakened or killed pathogen for stimulating antibody production or cellular immunity against the pathogen but is incapable of causing severe infection .

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
4.

The BCG vaccine was developed by ___________ and ____________

A. Albert Calmette and Camille Gu rin
B. Marry Currie and Perry Currie
C. Albert Einstein
D. Robert Hook
Answer» B. Marry Currie and Perry Currie
5.

Who sets the rules for clinical trials?

A. NHS- National Health Service
B. NIH- National Institute of Health
C. NDA- New Drug Administration
D. FDA- Food and Drug Administration
Answer» E.
6.

What is the key information required to develop a vaccine?

A. Molecular pathogenicity of the disease
B. Molecular pathogenicity of the disease-causing organism
C. Unique immunologic response from the host
D. Molecular pathogenicity of the disease and the disease-causing organism
Answer» E.
7.

Which vaccine among these is used in its inactivated form?

A. Influenza
B. Measles
C. Mumps
D. Chickenpox
Answer» B. Measles
8.

Vaccines are used in all the forms, except _________

A. Live-attenuated vaccines
B. Inactivated vaccines
C. Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines
D. Attenuated, inactivated, portions of protein, polysaccharides
Answer» E.
9.

What causes smallpox?

A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Protozoa
Answer» C. Fungi
10.

Who developed the first vaccine?

A. Pasteur
B. Salk
C. Jenner
D. Landsteiner
Answer» D. Landsteiner