

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 34 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 of the following is/are commonly used promoter of ? |
A. | Galactokinase (GAL 1) |
B. | Alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH 2) |
C. | Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Yeast Replicating plasmids (YRp) carry |
A. | centromere |
B. | telomere |
C. | autonomously replicating sequence |
D. | both (a) and (c) |
Answer» D. both (a) and (c) | |
3. |
Which of the following viruses are used as vectors for transferring genes to animal cells? |
A. | SV 40 virus |
B. | Bovine papilloma virus (BVP) |
C. | Retroviruses |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
4. |
Recombinant adeno virus can be created by deleting E1A/E 1B genes that are |
A. | transcriptional regulators and are essential for viral replication |
B. | not necessary for viral replication |
C. | coding for virus coat protein |
D. | important for packaging of viral DNA into viral head |
Answer» B. not necessary for viral replication | |
5. |
Retroviruses have advantage for being used as vector for animal cells because |
A. | they cover a wide host range |
B. | infection does not lead to cell death, infected cells produce virus over an indefinite period |
C. | viral gene expression is driven by strong promoters |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Using bovine papilloma virus (BPV) derived vectors, permanent cell lines can be obtained carrying a recombinant DNA |
A. | episomally only |
B. | integrated only |
C. | either episomally or integrated at high copy number |
D. | either episomally or integrated at low copy number |
Answer» D. either episomally or integrated at low copy number | |
7. |
Cloning genes in the yeast offer which of following advantage(s)? |
A. | Over production of proteins of commercial value |
B. | Ability to glycosylate proteins during secretion |
C. | Ability to clone large piece of DNA |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
SV 40 vectors, in which late region replacements are done, require |
A. | COS cell line |
B. | SV 40 helper virus |
C. | pBR 322 vector |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. pBR 322 vector | |
9. |
Which of the following are produced in high copy number? |
A. | YEp |
B. | YRp |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | YCp |
Answer» D. YCp | |
10. |
5-fluoro orotic acid inhibits the growth if one of the following marker is present in the yeast. That is |
A. | His 3 |
B. | Lys 2 |
C. | Ura 3 |
D. | Trp 1 |
Answer» D. Trp 1 | |
11. |
Which of the following can be used for reducing the size of gene inserts containing introns? |
A. | Vaccinia virus |
B. | Baculo virus |
C. | Retro virus |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
12. |
Bovine papilloma virus has a circular double stranded DNA genome of about |
A. | 2.5 kb |
B. | 5.2 kb |
C. | 7.9 kb |
D. | 9.5 kb |
Answer» D. 9.5 kb | |
13. |
Retroviruses consist of |
A. | Ds DNA genome |
B. | Ss DNA genome |
C. | RNA genome |
D. | cDNA genome |
Answer» D. cDNA genome | |
14. |
Which of the following(s) is/are the most commonly used markers in yeast? |
A. | His 3 |
B. | Ura 3 |
C. | Trp 1 |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
Maximum insert size in case of adenovirus vectors is |
A. | 6-8 kb |
B. | 4-6 kb |
C. | 10-12 kb |
D. | 20 kb |
Answer» B. 4-6 kb | |
16. |
Lytic infection of SV 40 does not occur in |
A. | permissive cells |
B. | non permissive cells |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
17. |
Moloney-Mu-leukemia virus is an example of |
A. | Vaccinia virus |
B. | Baculo virus |
C. | Retro virus |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
18. |
The size of the genome of SV 40 is |
A. | 7.2 kb |
B. | 69 kb |
C. | 5.2 kb |
D. | 110 kb |
Answer» D. 110 kb | |
19. |
Which one of the following is true about Yeast Episomal plasmids (YEp) vectors? |
A. | Allows transformation by using crossing over |
B. | Has a origin of replication and rep genes |
C. | Carries autonomously replicating sequence |
D. | Carries centromere and telomere sequences |
Answer» C. Carries autonomously replicating sequence | |
20. |
Autographa California nuclear polyhedrosis virus that is used as a vector for animal cells is an example of |
A. | Vaccinia virus |
B. | Baculo virus |
C. | Papilloma virus |
D. | Retrovirus |
Answer» C. Papilloma virus | |
21. |
Polyhedrin protein is |
A. | non essential for baculo virus replication |
B. | major component of protein matrix in which viruses are embedded |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | essential for baculo virus replication |
Answer» D. essential for baculo virus replication | |
22. |
Maximum amount of foreign DNA introduced into SV 40 viruses is |
A. | 10 kb |
B. | 5 kb |
C. | 2.5 kb |
D. | 1 kb |
Answer» D. 1 kb | |
23. |
Recombinant SV40 viruses introduce the foreign DNA into cells |
A. | with the DNA mediated transfection |
B. | without the DNA mediated transfection |
C. | with the RNA mediated transfection |
D. | without the RNA mediated transfection |
Answer» C. with the RNA mediated transfection | |
24. |
Which one of the following is the most stable vector? |
A. | YEp |
B. | YRp |
C. | YAC |
D. | YIp |
Answer» D. YIp | |
25. |
SV 40 vectors, in which early region replacements are carried out, require |
A. | COS cell line |
B. | SV 40 helper virus |
C. | pBR 322 vector |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. SV 40 helper virus | |
26. |
Autonomously replicating sequence is not present in |
A. | YIp |
B. | YRp |
C. | YCp |
D. | YAC |
Answer» B. YRp | |
27. |
In case of Baculoviruses, the foreign gene |
A. | is inserted downstream of polyhedrin promoter |
B. | is inserted downstream of viral origin of replication |
C. | is inserted between the polyhedrin promoter and downstream sequences |
D. | is inserted randomly in viral genome |
Answer» D. is inserted randomly in viral genome | |
28. |
Cos cell line is |
A. | cohesive end site of phage |
B. | derivative of permissive CV-1 monkey cell line |
C. | cohesive initial site of phage |
D. | derivative of non-permissive CV-1 monkey cell line |
Answer» C. cohesive initial site of phage | |
29. |
Which of the following histone is not present in SV40 virus? |
A. | H1 |
B. | H2A |
C. | H3 |
D. | H4 |
Answer» B. H2A | |
30. |
YAC vectors can be used to obtain artificial chromosomes because it carries |
A. | centromere |
B. | telomere |
C. | autonomously replicating sequence |
D. | all of these |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
Which of the following promoters is repressed in presence of glucose? |
A. | Galactokinase (GAL 1) |
B. | Acid phosphatase (PHOS) |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) |
Answer» B. Acid phosphatase (PHOS) | |
32. |
-aminoadipate inhibits the growth if one of the following marker is present in the yeast. That is |
A. | His 3 |
B. | Lys 2 |
C. | Ura 3 |
D. | Trp 1 |
Answer» C. Ura 3 | |
33. |
Which of the following is/are commonly used promoter of S. cerevisiae? |
A. | Galactokinase (GAL 1) |
B. | Alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH 2) |
C. | Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
Which one of the following is true about Yeast Centromeric plasmids (YCp) vectors? |
A. | Contains centromeric sequences |
B. | Segregates during meiosis and mitosis |
C. | Functions as true chromosome |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |