Biotechnology Principles MCQs : This section focuses on the "Biotechnology Principles". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Biotechnology Principles skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
_____ is a product of biotechnology.
A. Bacteria
B. Skin
C. Vaccine
D. Plants
Question 2
_____ is an autonomously replicating circular extra-chromosomal DNA.
A. Bacteria
B. Nitrogenous base
C. RNA
D. Plasmid
Question 3
______ organism’s plasmid was used for the construction of first recombinant DNA.
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Bacillus subtilis
C. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
D. Salmonella typhimurium
Question 4
Making multiple copies of the desired DNA template is called ______
A. cloning
B. transferring
C. r-DNA technology
D. genetic engineering
Question 5
Plasmid DNA acts as _____ to transfer the piece of DNA attached to it into the host organism.
A. protein
B. carrier
C. vector
D. antibody
Question 6
Restriction enzymes are _______
A. ligases
B. sticky ends
C. molecular scissors
D. vectors
Question 7
The techniques of _______ overcome the limitation of traditional hybridization procedures.
A. immunology
B. modern hybridization
C. genetic engineering
D. cell biology
Question 8
The two core techniques that enabled the birth of modern biotechnology are _____
A. red biotechnology and green biotechnology
B. classical and traditional biotechnology
C. genetics and mathematics
D. genetic engineering and maintenance of a sterile environment
Question 9
What are the two views does the definition of Biotechnology encompass?
A. Medical biotechnology and Agricultural biotechnology
B. Traditional biotechnology and Modern molecular biotechnology
C. Blue biotechnology and Red biotechnology
D. Green biotechnology and Animal biotechnology
Question 10
Who gave the definition of Biotechnology?
A. The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
B. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
C. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
D. National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS)