101. The molecules separated using electrophoresis can be transferred to nylon membranes in:
A) Southern blotting only
B) Northern blotting only
C) Southern blotting and Northern blotting
D) Southern blotting, Northern blotting, and Western blotting
102. The first approved gene therapy procedure was used to treat:
A) Cystic fibrosis B) Huntington’s disease
C) Haemophilia D) Severe combined immunodeficiency
103. Name the first cloned rhesus macaque, using the technique, called "embryo splitting":
A) ReTro B) Tetra
C) Lulu and Nana D) Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua
104. The prokaryotic structure absent in mycoplasmas:
A) Double stranded circular DNA
B) Peptidoglycan cell wall
C) Three layered cellular membrane
D) 70S ribosomes
105. Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through:
A) Respiratory droplets and contact routes
B) The bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito
C) Bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito
D) Direct contact with infected animals, such as bats or pigs, or their body fluids
106. GLUT3 is a class I facilitative glucose transporter mainly present in:
A) Hepatocytes B) kidney tubule cells
C) Brain D) intestinal brush border cells
107. The tight junctions are composed of the following proteins except:
A) Occluding B) Junction adhesion molecule proteins
C) Claudins D) Cadherins
108. The inner mitochondrial membrane is characterized by the presence of an unusual
phospholipid:
A) Cardiolipin B) Porins
C) ATP synthase D) Mitofilin
109. Cathepsin enzymes produced by lysosomes act on:
A) Glycogen B) Triacylglycerol
C) Protein D) DNA and RNA
110. The complex integral for the progression of the cell from the Growth 1 phase to the
Synthesis phase of the cell cycle, for the Start or G1/S checkpoint is Cyclin:
A) A/Cdk1 B) D/Cdk4 C) B/Cdk1 D) A/Cdk2
111. BCR-ABL fusion gene is associated with:
A) Renal cell cancer
B) Sporadic thyroid cancer
C) Invasive ductal breast cancer
D) Chronic myeloid leukemia
112. Desmin filaments are found in:
A) Neurons B) Muscle cells
C) Epithelial cells D) Hepatocytes
113. Identify the Hydrophobic second messenger:
A) phosphatidylinositol
B) Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
C) Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
D) Inositol trisphosphate
114. Which is the first amino acid to dock in the ribosome to initiate protein synthesis in
eukaryotes:
A) Glycine B) Valine C) Methionine D) Phenylalanine
115. Gene transcription is repressed by:
A) Methylation of CpG sites in the promoter region
B) methylation of CpGs in the body of a gene
C) TET enzyme activity in the CpGsof a gene promoter
D) All the above
116. SARS-CoV-2 virus is a---- virus.
A) “Positive-strand” ssRNA B) “Negative-strand” ssRNA
C) Tailed dsDNA D) dsDNA
117. The component of RNA-induced silencing complex, that activates and cleaves the
target mRNA:
A) protein kinase RNA activator
B) transactivation response RNA binding protein
C) endoribonuclease Dicer
D) Argonaute
118. The protein for manufacturing ‘BioSteel’, a high-strength fiber-based material,
produced by Transgenic:
A) mice B) goat
C) spider D) silk worm moth
119. A multiple sequence alignment tool provided by DDBJ:
A) BLAST B) FASTA C) ClustalW D) Chime
120. Holandric genes are inherited from:
A) Mother to daughter only B) Father to son only
C) Father to daughter only D) Father to grandson through daughter
101-D | 102-D | 103-B | 104-B | 105-B | 106-C | 107-D | 108-A | 109-C | 110-B |
111-D | 112-B | 113-A | 114-C | 115-A | 116-A | 117-D | 118-B | 119-C | 120-B |