MCQ on Animal Biotechnology

1. Animal biotechnology involves

a) production of valuable products in animals using rDNA technology
b) rapid multiplication of animals of desired genotypes
c) alteration of genes to make it more desirable
d) all of these

Answer: d) all of these

2. Animal cell cultures are used widely for the production of 

a) insulin
b) somatostatin
c) mabs
d) thyroxine

Answer: c) mabs

3. The first vaccine developed from animal cell culture was

a) Hepatitis B vaccine
b) Influenza vaccine
c) Small pox vaccine
d) Polio vaccine

Answer: d) Polio vaccine

4. Which of the following are commonly produced in animal cell cultures

a) Interferon
b) mab
c) vaccines
d) all of these

Answer: d) all of these

5. The cell line used for the production of polio vaccine was

a) Primate kidney cell line
b) CHO cell line
c) Dog kidney cell line
d) mouse fibroblast cell line

Answer: a) Primate kidney cell line

6. Recombinant proteins are

a) proteins synthesized in animals
b) proteins synthesized by transgene in host cell by rDNA technology
c) proteins synthesised in cells that are produced by protoplast fusion
d) proteins synthesized in mutated cell lines

Answer: b) proteins synthesized by transgene in host cell by rDNA technology

7. Interferons are 

a) anti bacterial proteins
b) anti-viral proteins
c) bacteriostatic proteins
d) all of these

Answer: b) anti-viral proteins

8. The virus commonly used to infect cell cultures for the production of interferon is 

a) Corona virus
b) Sendai virus
c) Polio virus
d) Small pox virus

Answer: b) Sendai virus

9. Hybrid antibodies are 

a) antibodies produced in cell cultures
b) antibodies designed using rDNA technology produced in cell cultures
c) antibodies produced in invivo
d) both a and b

Answer: b) antibodies designed using rDNA technology produced in cell cultures

10. The technique used in animal biotechnology for the rapid multiplication and production of animals with a desirable genotype is 

a) protoplast fusion and embryo transfer
b) hybrid selection and embryo transfer
c) in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
d) all of these

Answer: c) in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

11. The production of complete animals from somatic cells of an animal is called

a) gene cloning
b) animal cloning
c) cell cloning
d) all of these

Answer: b) animal cloning

12. The first successfully cloned animal was

a) monkey
b) gibbon
c) sheep
d) rabbit

Answer: c) sheep

13. In humans, the babies produced by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer was popularly called as 

a) in vitro babies
b) test tube babies
c) invitro-invivo babies
d) all of these

Answer: b) test tube babies


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