Multiple Choice Questions 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

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

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

3. The first vaccine developed from animal cell culture was

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

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

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

7. Interferons are

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

8. The virus commonly used to infect cell cultures for the production of interferon is
Sendai virus
a) Corona virus
b) Sendai virus
c) Polio virus
d) Small pox 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

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

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

12. The first successfully cloned animal was


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

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

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

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Answers:
1. d) all of these
2. c) mabs
3. d) Polio vaccine
4. d) all of these
5. a) Primate kidney cell line
6. b) proteins synthesized by transgene in host cell by rDNA technology
7.b) anti-viral proteins
8. b) Sendai virus
9. b) antibodies designed using rDNA technology produced in cell cultures
10. c) in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
11.b) animal cloning
12. c) sheep
13. b) test tube babies
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