Chapter: Biotechnology and its Application

Match the organism with its use in biotechnology.
Column I                                                 Column II
A. Bacillus thuringiensis                  1. Cloning vector
B. Thermus aquaticus                      2. Construction of first rDNA molecule
C. Agrobacterium tumefaciens      3. DNA polymerase
D. Salmonella typhimurium           4. Cry proteins
Select the correct option.

RNA interference is used for which of the following purposes in the field of biotechnology?

Bt cotton variety that was developed by the introduction of toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is resistant to

If an agricultural field is liberally irrigated for a prolonged period of time, it is likely to face problem of

Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidegyne incognitia?

Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for biosynthesis of

The introduction of tDNA into plants involves

Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers?

Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin-A deficiency?

The process of RNA interference has been used in the development of plants resistant to

Continuous addition of sugars in ‘fed batch’ fermentation is done to

The Genetically Modified (GM) brinjal in India has been developed for

Some of the characteristics of Bt cotton are

A transgenic food crop which may help in solving the problem of night blindness in developing countries is

Introduction of food plants developed by genetic engineering is not desirable because

When gene targeting involving gene amplification is attempted in an individual’s tissue to treat disease, it is known as

With regard to insulin choose the correct options.
I. C-peptide is not present in mature insulin.
II. The insulin produced by Rdna technology has C-peptide.
III. The pro-insulin has C-peptide.
IV. A-peptide and B-peptide of insulin are interconnected by disulphide bridges.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Which of the following statements is not correct?

In India, the organisation responsible for assessing the safety of introducing genetically modified organisms for public use is

The two polypeptides of human insulin are linked together by

Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year-old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA)deficiency?

The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is

Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of

Production of a human protein in bacteria by genetic engineering is possible because

The genetic defect-Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency may be cured permanently by

ELISA is used to detect viruses where the key reagent is

The laws and rules to prevent unauthorised exploitation of bioresources are termed as

Exploitation of bioresources of a nation by multinational companies without authorisation from the concerned country is referred to as

Exploration of molecular, genetic and species level diversity for novel products of economic importance is known as

A ‘new’ variety of rice was patented by a foreign company, though such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to

Use of bioresources by multinational companies and organisations without authorisation from the concerned country and its people is called

Maximum number of existing transgenic animals is of

Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing

An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice

Transgenic plants are the ones

In transgenics, expression of transgene in target tissue is determined by

The Ti plasmid, is often used for making transgenic plants. This plasmid is found in

Producing a giant mouse in the laboratory was possible through

The first successfully cloned mammals (animal) that gained worldwide publicity was

The transgenic animals are those which have