Multiple Choice Questions

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Biolistic technique is used in

  • tissue culture process

  • gene transfer process

  • hybridization process

  • germplasm conservation process


B.

gene transfer process

Electroporation and biolistics are two physical methods for gene transfection. In biolistics DNA is coated on to the surface of tiny metal particles usually tungeston or gold, which is then shot into the cells.

Electroporation is a molecular biology technique in which an electrical field is applied to cells in order to increase the permeability of the cell membrane, allowing chemicals, drugs or DNA to be introduced into the cell.


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Insect pest resistant Bt cotton plant was developed using

  • somaclonal variation

  • micropropagation

  • somatic hybridisation

  • Transgenic technology


First genetically modified plant commercially released in India is

  • golden rice

  • slow ripening tomato

  • Bt brinjal

  • Bt cotton


Transposons are

  • house-keeping genes

  • jumping genes

  • transporting genes

  • stationary genes


Which one of the following is the American poultry breed

  • Australop

  • Assel

  • Minorica

  • Rhod Island Red


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

  • Maize

  • Cotton

  • Brinjal

  • Soyabean


Cotton fibre is basically a type of

  • trichome

  • scale

  • dried seed coat

  • non glandular hair


In which stage of its life cycle, the silk moth begins to produce silk fibre?

  • 3rd instar larva

  • 4th instar larva

  • 5th instar larva

  • Pupa


Basic principle of developing transgenic plants and animals is to introduce the gene of interest into the nucleus of

  • somatic cell

  • vegetative cell

  • germ cell

  • body cell


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Which one of the following bacterium is used for production of transgenic plants

  • Escherichia coli

  • Bacillus thuringiensis

  • Staphylococcus aureus

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens


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