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Introduction to Biotechnology (BT301)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Genomic DNA library is constructed using ________ cloning vectors.

    1. low capacity
    2. high capacity
    3. low copy number
    4. low copy and capacity
  2. Which of the following statements are true regarding Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)?

    1. It is a cytogenetic technique
    2. It uses fluorescent probes
    3. Fluorescent probes bind directly to the chromosomes
    4. All of the given
  3. The rate of synthesis of a particular protein will depend on the

    1. Mobile-state of mRNA
    2. Steady-state of DNA
    3. Steady-state of rRNA
    4. Steady-state of mRNA
  4. Which of the following is used as a Landmark for physical map integration of genome?

    1. Genetic Markers
    2. Morphological Markers
    3. Number of Nucleotides
    4. All of the given
  5. What should be the approximate length of the primers used for RAPDs (Random amplified polymorphic DNA?

    1. 10 bps
    2. 18-20 bps
    3. 22-30 bps
    4. >30 bps
  6. Functional complementation is also possible in

    1. Artificial animals and plants
    2. Non-Transgenic animals and plants
    3. Transgenic animals and plants
    4. Transgenic mitochondria
  7. cDNA library is representative of the ________ population of the derived host

    1. RNA
    2. DNA
    3. DNA & RNA
    4. proteins
  8. A great advantage of hybridization for library screening is that it is

    1. Difficult
    2. Versatile
    3. Good
    4. Unique
  9. Among the following, ________ act as chain terminator in the Chain termination method.

    1. Dideoxynucleotides
    2. DNA
    3. Deoxynucleotides
    4. Exogenous
  10. Any Fragment in the genome can be used for STS mapping if it is ________?

    1. Unique sequence
    2. Polymorphic sequence
    3. Homologous sequence
    4. Universal Sequence
  11. The principle of Chain termination method relies on ________.

    1. Use of chemicals for base specific cleavage
    2. Use of dNTPs for chain termination
    3. Use of ddNTPs for chain termination
    4. Use of Phosphorous-32 for chain termination
  12. For the detection of single base nucleotide substitution, whic of the following mapping should be used?

    1. SNP mapping
    2. RFLP mapping
    3. RH mapping
    4. Happy mapping
  13. Which of the following is called as dideoxynucleotide chain termination method?

    1. Sanger's method
    2. Maxam-Gilbert method
    3. Edman's method
    4. Automated sequencing method
  14. In Chain termination method, we rely on ________ capabilities of DNA polymerase enzyme.

    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. Five
  15. Which of the following technique resembles with Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) technique that detects genomic restriction fragments?

    1. RFLP (Restriction fragment lebgth polymorphism) technique
    2. SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism) technique
    3. PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technique
    4. STS (sequenced tag sites) technique
  16. To isolate specific clone, PCR is carried out with gene-specific primers

    1. gene-specific primers
    2. simple primers
    3. special primers
    4. universal primers
  17. In Sequenced tag site (STS) mapping, which of the following is not used?

    1. Southern blotting
    2. Restriction endonucleases
    3. Probes
    4. All of the given
  18. RH mapping can be used to identify ________?

    1. Locus of a gene
    2. Distances between different sites within a gene
    3. Distances between genes
    4. All of the given
  19. Immunochemical screening involves the use of

    1. PCR
    2. Antigens
    3. Antibodies
    4. DNA
  20. In South-western and north-western blotting screening is carried out without using an antibody, by incubating the membranes with

    1. Radiolabelled double stranded DNA probe
    2. Radiolabelled double stranded RNA probe
    3. Radiolabelled single stranded DNA probe
    4. Unlabelled double stranded DNA probe
  21. The loss of plasmids due to defective partitioning is called

    1. Segregative stability
    2. Segregative instability
    3. Non-segregative instability
    4. Non-segregative stability
  22. In chromosome jumping, the DNA of interest is identified, cut into fragments with restriction enzymes and

    1. Straighten
    2. Breaks down
    3. Elongates
    4. Circularized
  23. Chain termination method was developed by Sanger et al. in ________.

    1. 1975
    2. 1976
    3. 1977
    4. 1978
  24. What should be the GC content of the primers used for RAPDs (Random amplified polymorphic DNA)?

    1. 50-80%
    2. 20%
    3. 30-40%
    4. 0-10%
  25. Which of the following technique is used for Haploid genome mapping?

    1. RH Mapping
    2. Happy Mapping
    3. STS Mapping
    4. AFLP Mapping
  26. ________ depends upon transcription of appropriate gene, efficient translation of mRNA and in many cases, post-translational processing and compartmentalization of nascent polypeptide.

    1. Synthesis of genome
    2. Synthesis of functional DNA
    3. Synthesis of functional RNA
    4. Synthesis of functional protein
  27. If the amino acid sequence changes from Cysteine to ________, it can increase the stability of the expressed protein.

    1. Glycine
    2. Serine
    3. Valine
    4. Lysine
  28. RFLP mapping is based on restriction-site ________ between ________ chromosomes?

    1. Variation, homologous
    2. No Variations, homologous
    3. Variation, Non-homologous
    4. No Variations, Non-homologous
  29. Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) detects genomic restriction fragments and in that respect resembles to ________ technique?

    1. Happy Mapping
    2. STS mapping
    3. SNPs Mapping
    4. RFLP mapping
  30. For ________ libraries, the correct orientation can be achieved by self-priming method by adding linker molecule to double stranded cDNA

    1. protein expression
    2. mRNA expression
    3. genome expression
    4. cDNA expression
  31. Major screening strategies involve ________.

    1. Genetic methods
    2. Sequence-dependent screenings
    3. Screening expression libraries
    4. All of the given
  32. In which of the following techniques Fluorescence microscopy is used to find out the fluorescent probe bound to the chromosomes?

    1. ALFP Mapping
    2. RFLP Mapping
    3. FISH (Flourescent insitu Hybradization)
    4. Happy Mapping
  33. In order to differentiate the rare mutations from SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism) the allele frequencies should be?

    1. 0.5%
    2. 1% or high
    3. 0.1%
    4. 0%
  34. Synthesis of cDNA from RNA is done using ________.

    1. RT-PCR
    2. inverse-PCR
    3. reverse-PCR
    4. qPCR
  35. Chromosome Walking, In human genome, the starting point may be

    1. Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence (CAPS)
    2. single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
    3. restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)
    4. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)
  36. The methylation of Guanine at N-7 position in Maxam-Gilbert method is done by using ________.

    1. Formic acid
    2. Hydrazine
    3. Dimethyl sulphate
    4. Piperidine
  37. Which of the following is a cytogenic technique of genome mapping?

    1. ALFP Mapping
    2. RFLP Mapping
    3. FISH (Flourescent insitu hybradization)
    4. Happy Mapping
  38. Which of the following Mapping technique is based on the analysis of approximately Haploids samples using the Polymerase chain reaction?

    1. RH Mapping
    2. Genetic linkage mapping
    3. STS Mapping
    4. Happy Mapping
  39. cDNA is sequence which lacks ________ sequences.

    1. introns
    2. exons
    3. untraslated exons
    4. exons only
  40. ________ was the first mapping technique used in physical mapping?

    1. RFLP mapping
    2. STS mapping
    3. Happy mapping
    4. RH mapping
  41. Physical Mapping was devised to check ________ between physical and linkage mapping?

    1. Similarity
    2. Correlation
    3. Dissimilarity
    4. All of the given
  42. If DNA library is established using expressionvectors, each individual clone can be expressed to yield a

    1. Dipeptide
    2. Monopeptide
    3. Polypeptide
    4. Nucleotide
  43. The high expression of insulin leads to the accumulation of aggregation of target proteins known as ________.

    1. Immunoglobulins
    2. Hormones
    3. Inclusion bodies
    4. Proteases
  44. Maps that provide specified detail about the number of bases and distance that exists between genetic markers are ________?

    1. Physical Maps
    2. Genetic Maps
    3. Linkage Maps
    4. All of the given