| (a) | A gene whose expression helps to identify transformed cell is known as a selectable marker. |
| (b) | BOD incubator is essentially required for growing microbes on a large scale, for industrial production of enzymes. |
| (c) | For transformation, micro-particles coated with DNA to be bombarbed using gene gun are made up of gold or tungsten. |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | |
| 1. | T | T | T |
| 2. | T | F | T |
| 3. | T | F | F |
| 4. | F | F | T |
| Assertion: | E. coli having pBR322 with DNA insert at BamHI site cannot grow in medium containing tetracycline. |
| Reason: | Recognition site for Bam HI is present in tetR region of pBR322. |
| 1. | Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. |
| 2. | Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. |
| 3. | Assertion is true but reason is false. |
| 4. | Both assertion and reason are false. |