How many statements given below are correct with respect to plasmids?
a. They float freely in the cytoplasm of certain bacterial cells.
b. They have the ability to replicate, independent of the genomic DNA.
c. Herbert Boyer developed a method of removing and reinserting them in the cells.
d. They are circular ssDNA molecules.
Select the correct option.
1. Three
2. Four
3. Two
4. One

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Which of the following can act as selectable markers in a cloning vector?
a. ampR
b. tetR
c. ori
d. rop
Select the correct option.
1. (a) and (b)
2. (c) and (d)
3. (a), (c) and (d)
4. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
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A mixture containing DNA fragments, p, q, r and s with size of p + r = q, p > r and s > q, was subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis. The positions of these fragments from cathode to anode sides of the gel would be
1. q, s, p, r
2. s, q, p, r
3. r, p, q, s
4. p, r, s, q
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Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct option.
Column-I Column-II
1. Reverse transcriptase (i) Forms phosphodiester
bonds
2. Taq polymerase (ii) cDNA library
3. Alkaline phosphatase (iii) Breaks phosphodiester
bonds
4. Restriction endonuclease (iv) Used in ELISA

1. a(ii), b(iii), c(iv), d(i)
2. a(ii), b(i), c(iii), d(iv)
3. a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)
4. a(ii), b(i), c(iv), d(iii)
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Complete the analogy and select the correct option.
BamHI : Sticky ends : : EcoRV : ______
1. Staggered ends
2. Cohesive ends
3. Blunt ends
4. Ends with overhanging stretches
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All of the given statements are true with respect to the separation of DNA fragments by gel electrophoresis except:
1. The cutting of DNA by restriction endonucleases results in fragments of DNA and these fragments can be separated by this technique.
2. The most commonly used matrix is agarose which is a natural polymer extracted from seaweeds.
3. The DNA fragments resolve according to their size. Hence, the larger the fragment size, the farther it moves.
4. The separated DNA fragments can be visualised only after staining the DNA with a compound known as ethidium bromide.
Subtopic:  Separation and Isolation of DNA fragments |
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EcoRI cuts the DNA between bases _______ and ______ only when the recognition sequence GAATTC is present in the DNA.
Select the correct option to fill the blanks respectively.
1. A and T
2. T and C
3. G and A
4. A and C
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How many cycles of PCR are required for obtaining 256 molecules of dsDNA, if your starting material was one molecule of dsDNA?
1. 4
2. 9
3. 128
4. 8
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Select the incorrect match with respect to rDNA technology:
1. Bioprocess engineering   –   Maintenance of sterile ambience
2. Genetic engineering   –   Alteration of genetic material
3. Downstream processing   –   Biosynthetic stage
4. Biosynthetic stage   –   Culturing of recombinant host cells
Subtopic:  Bioreactors/Downstream Processing |
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Match column I with column II and choose the correct option:
Column I Column II
a. Salmonella typhimurium (i) Source of EcoRI
b. Bacillus thuringiensis (ii) Used in developing transgenic tobacco plant
c. Agrobacterium
tumefaciens
(iii) Used in creating first
recombinant DNA
d. Escherichia coli (iv) Gene used in creating biopesticide

1. a(iv), b(i), c(ii), d(iii)
2. a(iii), b(iv), c(i), d(ii)
3. a(i), b(iv), c(ii), d(iii)
4. a(iii), b(iv), c(ii), d(i)
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