Agriculture Biotechnology (BT403)

1. Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a ________?

   1. Gene gun
   2. Virus
   3. Bacteria
   4. Phage

2. ________ and ________ are utilized by A, tumefaciens as sources of carbon and energy.

   1. opines, agropines
   2. auxin, cytokinin
   3. Ti plasmid, T-DNA
   4. amino acids, sugar derivatives

3. The interaction of genes that are not alleles, in particular the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another is called ________.

   1. Epistasis
   2. Metastasis
   3. Codominance
   4. Multiallelic

4. ________ are natural vectors for genetic engineering?

   1. Gene gun
   2. Bacteria
   3. Viruses
   4. Phage

5. The most preferred methods for plant transformation is ________?

   1. Agrobacterium mediated
   2. Heat shock method
   3. Electroporation
   4. Calcium chloride method

6. Which of the following methods are used to make Bacterial cells competent to take the foreign plasmid DNA.________?

   1. Calcium chloride method
   2. Electroporation
   3. Heat shock method
   4. All of the given

7. ________ induces crown gall disease in Plants?

   1. A. tumefaciens
   2. A. rhizogenes
   3. E.coli
   4. All of the given

8. ________ is an example of genetic marker.

   1. GFP
   2. SNPs
   3. IAA
   4. FISH

9. The lacZ gene codes for the ________ of the enzyme β-galactosidase.

   1. lacZ-α subunit
   2. lacZ-β subunit
   3. lacZ-∂ subunit
   4. lacZ-θ subunit

10. Markers with visual identification are called?

    1. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
    2. Molecular Markers
    3. Morphological Markers
    4. Plant Markers

11. ________ treatment in the presence of divalent cations such as Ca2+ (in CaCl2) prepares the cell membrane to become permeable to plasmid DNA ________?

    1. Centrifugation
    2. Heating
    3. Chilling
    4. All of the given

12. AFLP markers involves cleavage of DNA with ________ different enzymes.

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4

13. Which property belongs to morpological markers?

    1. Exhibit dominance
    2. Exhibit deleterious effects
    3. Exhibit pleiotropy
    4. All of the given

14. The genetic markers should be ________ and ________.

    1. polymorphic, reproducible
    2. rare, reproducible
    3. polymorphic, heterozygous
    4. good, resistable

15. The explants of the plant must produce phenolic compounds for activation of virulence genes in ________ mediated transformation.

    1. agrobacterium
    2. virus
    3. bacteria
    4. yeast

16. Agrobacterium is a ________ Bacteria?

    1. Gram positive
    2. non-motile
    3. Non-ubiquitous
    4. All of the given

17. The first transgenic mouse being created by injecting a gene for a art growth hormone into a mouse embryo in ________ year.

    1. 1988
    2. 1982
    3. 1998
    4. 1992

18. The lacZ gene codes for the ________ of the enzyme β-galactosidase used in blue white screening.

    1. lacZ-θ subunit
    2. lacZ-β subunit
    3. lacZ-∂ subunit
    4. lacZ-α subunit

19. Which of the following is a tumor inducing Bacteria?

    1. Agrobacterium rhizogene
    2. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
    3. Agrobacterium subtilis
    4. E.coli

20. Commonly transformation occurs naturally in ________.

    1. bacteria
    2. viruses
    3. plants
    4. animals

21. Multiple forms of the same enzyme coded by the different genes is called ________.

    1. Isozyme
    2. Holoenzyme
    3. APoenzyme
    4. All of the given

22. ________ is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome.

    1. Molecular marker
    2. DNA marker
    3. Protein marker
    4. Genetic marker

23. Anything in the genome that is variable and can be used to compare individuals is called ________.

    1. Genetic marker
    2. Protein marker
    3. Molecular marker
    4. Morphological marker

24. ________ refers to the state of being able to take up exogenous DNA from the environment.

    1. competence
    2. transformation
    3. microinjection
    4. Biolistics

25. Bacteria having a plasmid containing ampicillin resistance gene can grow on a medium containing ________ antibiotic?

    1. cephalosporin
    2. Ampicillin
    3. kanamycin
    4. penicillin

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