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The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is 

  • insulin

  • estrogen

  • thyroxin

  • thyroxin


A.

insulin

Insulin is peptide hormone, which controls the level of blood sugar. It is formed by joining of two polypeptide chain by disulphide bonds

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Geitonogamy involves

  • Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant

  • Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from the same flower

  • Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population

  • Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population

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Pollen tablets are available in the market for

  • In vitro fertilisation

  • breeding programmes

  • supplementing food 

  • supplementing food 

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Function of filiform apparatus is to 

  • recognise the suitable pollen at the stigma

  • stimulate the division of generative cell 

  • produce nectar

  • produce nectar

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Non -albuminous seed is produced in 

  • maize

  • castor

  • wheat

  • wheat

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Which one of the following shows coiled RNA stands and capsomeres?

  • Polio virus

  • Tabacco mosaic virus

  • Measles virus

  • Measles virus

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Which one of the following a wrongly matched?

  • Transcription - Writing information from DNA to t-RNA

  • Translation - Using information in m - RNA to make protein

  • Repressor protein - Binds to operator to stop enzyme synthesis

  • Repressor protein - Binds to operator to stop enzyme synthesis

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Transformation was discovered by 

  • Meselson and Stahi

  • Hershey and Chase

  • Griffith

  • Griffith

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Fruit colour in squash is an example  of 

  • recessive epistasis

  • dominant epistasis

  • complementary genes

  • complementary genes

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An analysis of chromosomal DNA using the Southern hybridization technique does not use

  • electrophoresis

  • blotting

  • autoradiography

  • autoradiography

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