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11.

The common bottle cork is a product of

  • dermatogen

  • Phellogen

  • Xylem

  • Xylem

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12.

Which one of the following is a case of wrong matching?

  • Somatic hybridization - Fusion of two diverse cells

  • Vector DNA - Site for tRNA synthesis

  • Micropropagation - In vitro production of plants in large numbers

  • Micropropagation - In vitro production of plants in large numbers

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13.

For transformation, microparticles coated with DNA to be bombarded with gene gun are made up of

  • silver or platinum

  • platinum or zinc

  • silicon or platinum

  • silicon or platinum

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14.

Biolistics (gene-gun) is suitbale for

  • Disarming pathogen vectors

  • Transformation of plant cells

  • Constructing recombinant DNA by joing whith vectors

  • Constructing recombinant DNA by joing whith vectors

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15.

In genetic engineering, the antibiotics are used

  • as selectable markers

  • to select healthy vectors

  • as sequences from where replicaton starts

  • as sequences from where replicaton starts

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16.

Which one of the following represents a palindromic sequence in DNA?

  • 5´ - GATACC - 3´
    3´ - CCTAAG - 5

  • 5´ - GAATTC - 3
    3´ - CTTAAG - 5´

  • 5´- CCAATG - 3´
    3´ - GAATCC - 5´

  • 5´- CCAATG - 3´
    3´ - GAATCC - 5´

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17.

Which body of the Government of India regulates GM research and safety of introducing GM organisms for public services?

  • Bio-safety committee

  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research

  • Genetic Engineering Approval Committee

  • Genetic Engineering Approval Committee

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18.

Given below is a sample of a portion of DNA strand giving the base sequence on the opposite strands. What is so special shown in it?
5' ______ GAATTC ________ 3'
3'________CTTAAG ________ 5'

  • Deletion mutation

  • Start codon at the 5'end

  • Palindromic sequence of base pairs

  • Palindromic sequence of base pairs

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19.

There is a restriction endonuclease called Eco RI. What does 'co' part in it stand for?

  • Coelom

  • Coenzyme

  • coli

  • coli

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20.

Agarose extracted from sea weeds finds use in

  • tissue culture

  • PCR

  • gel electrophoresis

  • gel electrophoresis

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