Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biotechnology.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biotechnology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which kind of absorption mechanism is showing in the following picture?

A. Endocytosis
B. Passive transport
C. Active transport
D. Facilitated diffusion
Answer» C. Active transport
2.

A drug can be absorbed by more than one mechanism.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
3.

Transfer of an endocytic vesicle from one extracellular compartment to another is known as _____________

A. Phagocytosis
B. Transcytosis
C. Pinocytosis
D. Endocytosis
Answer» C. Pinocytosis
4.

Which is the other name of “cell eating”?

A. Transcytosis
B. Phagocytosis
C. Pinocytosis
D. Endocytosis
Answer» C. Pinocytosis
5.

Which of these absorption methods involves engulfing of the extracellular drug?

A. Endocytosis
B. Passive diffusion
C. Facilitated diffusion
D. Ion-Pair transport
Answer» B. Passive diffusion
6.

Which types of drugs get absorbed by ion-pair transport?

A. High lipophilicity
B. Oily droplets
C. Affinity for carriers
D. Drugs that ionize at all pH conditions
Answer» E.
7.

Which drugs are absorbed through pore transport?

A. High lipophilicity
B. Water-soluble drugs of molecular weight less than 100 Dalton
C. Oily droplets
D. Affinity for carriers
Answer» C. Oily droplets
8.

Which kind of drugs are absorbed through endocytosis?

A. Molecular weight ranging 100-400Dalton
B. Water-soluble drugs
C. Macromolecular drugs or drugs as oily droplets
D. Polar drugs
Answer» D. Polar drugs
9.

What influences the permeation of drugs in an Ionic or Electrochemical diffusion?

A. Charge on the membrane
B. Charge on the particle
C. Concentration gradient
D. Equilibration of charge
Answer» B. Charge on the particle
10.

What is the major difference between Facilitated diffusion and Passive diffusion?

A. Carrier-mediated transport
B. Downhill transport
C. Energy is used
D. Inhibition by metabolic poisons
Answer» B. Downhill transport
11.

What will be the best definition for “carrier”?

A. Nonpolar drugs can be transported through carrier-mediated transport
B. Carrier binds reversibly and no covalently with the molecules
C. It discharges the molecules and gets destroyed itself
D. The carrier is a protein
Answer» C. It discharges the molecules and gets destroyed itself
12.

What is the driving force of Pore Transport?

A. Hydrostatic pressure
B. Concertation Gradient
C. Electrochemical gradient
D. Charge equilibration
Answer» B. Concertation Gradient
13.

Which kind of molecules cannot pass through a pore transport?

A. Low Molecular weight molecules
B. Water-soluble drugs
C. Molecules up to 400 Dalton
D. Molecules greater than 400 Dalton
Answer» E.
14.

What is the driving force for Passive Diffusion?

A. Concentration gradient only
B. Electrochemical gradient only
C. Charge equilibration and concentration gradient
D. Concentration and Electrochemical gradient both
Answer» E.
15.

Which is the major process of absorption for more than 90% of drugs?

A. Facilitated diffusion
B. Active transport
C. Endocytosis
D. Passive diffusion
Answer» E.