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Introduction To Biotechnology — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Biotechnology Engineering MCQs on Introduction To Biotechnology — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for PPSC, FPSC, NIH, NTS.

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Verified for Commission Syllabus • Oct 14, 2026
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Question 1 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

One of the following is correct sequence to make a transgenic animal

Question 2 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The description of a new organism identified must be submitted to a journal and the name validated before it is formally accepted as a new taxon of prokaryotes. The journal is

Question 3 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The first evidence for the oxidation of inorganic substance by an organism was given by

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★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Convention on biological diversity, adopted at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, aims to curb destruction of

Question 5 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

DNA sequencing method was proposed by

Question 6 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The Hersey and Chase experiment which offered evidence in support of DNA being the genetic material in bacteriophage made use of the following labeled compounds?

Question 7 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Pyrethrum is obtained from

Question 8 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel

Question 9 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Rockefeller group discovered that the extract of dead capsule forming Pneumococci could transform a non-capsulated strain. What transforming material was present in the extract of the dead strain?

Question 10 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The principle of transformation was given by

Question 11 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is true about Bt toxin?

Question 12 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Glyoxylate pathway was discovered by

Question 13 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Who for the first time resolved that the nuclei are composed of exclusively nucleic acid?

Question 14 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The intron splicing was studied in detail by

Question 15 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The microbia used in paper industry are

Question 16 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In order to isolate cDNA for a specified protein from a mice cDNA library prepared in λgt11 vector which of the following methods you will choose for screening?

Question 17 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Flavr Savr variety of tomato is a

Question 18 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Based upon the features of F factor, Shizuya et al., in 1992 developed a high capacity insert vector, which is very much in use for preparing genomic library of higher organisms. What is the name of the vector?

Question 19 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In Bt cotton, a transgenic plant, Bt refers to

Question 20 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Identify the incorrect match

Question 21 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is India's premier institute is working on DNA fingerprinting?

Question 22 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The first hormone produced artificially by culturing bacteria is

Question 23 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Virus free plants can be produced from one infected mother plant by micropropagation from

Question 24 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was first crystallized by

Question 25 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Hirudin gene is inserted in

Question 26 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Who amongst the following was awarded with the Nobel Prize for the discovery of regulator genes?

Question 27 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is recombinant DNA technology?

Question 28 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The recent technique used for separating DNA fragment is

Question 29 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

NEERI stands for

Question 30 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Mauna Loa, in Hawaii is famous for

Question 31 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The monoclonal antibody technique was developed by

Question 32 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The first humanized monoclonal antibody approved by the US-FDA for targeted treatment of breast cancer was

Question 33 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

An American biologist Elizabeth H. Blackburn discovered the molecular structure and nature of which of the following enzyme?

Question 34 of 34
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

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