Top 50 Biology Important GK QA
(A) Cancer,
(B) Smallpox,
(C) Swine – flu,
(D) Common cold
ANS – (A)
(2) In Germ line gene therapy, _ ?
(A) Egg and sperm of
the parents are changed,
(B) Sperm of the
parent are changed,
(C) Egg of the parent
are changed,
(D) Egg and sperm of
the parents are not changed
ANS – (A)
(3) Bio-chips will be useful in _ ?
(A) Defence,
Medicine,
(B) Theatre,
Medicine,
(C) Defence, Air
Force,
(D) Navy, Medicine
ANS – (A)
(4) _ clones include identical twins?
(A) Natural,
(B) Artificial,
(C) Induced,
(D) Stem
ANS – (A)
(5) Biological computers will be developed using _ ?
(A) Bio sensor,
(B) Gene,
(C) Bio-Chips,
(D) Enzymes
ANS – (C)
(6) The word _________ refers only to living species?
(A) Clone,
(B) Gene,
(C) Allele,
(D) Vaccine
ANS – (A)
(7) _ are developed by employing techniques of
bio-technology?
(A) Micro chips,
(B) Macro chips,
(C) Auto chips,
(D) Glass chips
ANS – (A)
(8) Biological signals are converted into electrical signal
by _ ?
(A) sensor,
(B) scanner,
(C) allele,
(D) gene
ANS – (A)
(9) The Embryonic stem cells can be derived from _ which is
developed by “invitro fertilization”?
(A) late embryo,
(B) early embryo,
(C) embryo,
(D) zygote
ANS – (B)
(10) Steroid drugs like prednisolone is produced from _ ?
(A) Rhizopus,
(B) Penicillium,
(C) Aagaricus,
(D) Bacteria
ANS – (A)
(11) Antibiotics are chemical substances derived from
microbes like _ ?
(A) Fungi, Algae,
(B) Fungi, Bacteria,
(C) Fungi, Virus,
(D) Bacteria, Algae
ANS – (B)
(12) Bio-sensor is used in _ ?
(A) Medicines and
industry,
(B) Industry and
technology,
(C) Medicine and
aircraft,
(D) Industry and
aircraft
ANS – (A)
(13) Bio-sensor is a device consisting of immobilized layer
of biological material such as _ ?
(A) Enzyme, antibody,
hormone, nucleic acids
(B) Enzyme, gene,
antigen, hormone
(C) Nucleic acid,
formic acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid
(D) Hormone, nucleic
acid, enzyme, gene.
ANS – (A)
(14) Bio-chemically significant enzymes are derived from _ ?
(A) microbes,
(B) macrobes,
(C) insulin,
(D) protein
ANS – (A)
(15) Mendel observed 7 pairs of contrasting characters in
Pisum sativum, One of the Following which is not a part of that?
(A) Tall and Dwart,
(B) Yellow and Green
seed colour,
(C) Terminal and
Axial flower,
(D) Smooth and Rough
stem
ANS – (D)
(16) Primitive men evolved in _ ?
(A) Africa,
(B) America,
(C) Australia,
(D) India
ANS – (A)
(17) _ is so vast and has great scope for different fields
like agriculture, medicine, food industry etc?
(A) Microbiology,
(B) Embryology,
(C) Bio-technology,
(D) Cytology
ANS – (C)
(18) _ are suspensions of killed or live germs which is
employed to induce the production of antibodies and bring forth immunity?
(A) Vaccines,
(B) Medicines,
(C) Antibiotics,
(D) Antigens
ANS – (A)
(19) _ are employed to kill the infectious germs and cure a
disease?
(A) Antigens,
(B) Antibiotics,
(C) Vaccines,
(D) Vitamins
ANS – (B)
(20) Which of the following is inheritable?
(A) An altered gene
in sperm,
(B) An altered gene
in testes,
(C) An altered gene
in Zygote,
(D) An altered gene
in udder cell
ANS – (C)
(21) Theory of natural selection was proposed by _ ?
(A) Charles Darwin,
(B) Hugo de Vries,
(C) Gregor Johann
Mendel,
(D) Jean Baptiste
Lamarck
ANS – (A)
(22) _ is called as ‘Father of Genetics’?
(A) Charles Darwin,
(B) Hugo de Vries,
(C) Gregor Johann
Mendel,
(D) Jean Baptiste
Lamarck
ANS – (C)
(23) The men like Hominids who walked into Eastern Africa
were measured to be _ ?
(A) Taller than four
feet,
(B) Not taller than
four feet,
(C) Three feet,
(D) Measured in
Inches
ANS – (B)
(24) The meat eaters who existed 1.5 million years ago were
called _ ?
(A) Homo habilis,
(B) Hominids,
(C) Homo erectus,
(D) Homo sapiens
ANS – (C)
(25) The term vaccine was coined by _ ?
(A) Dr. Ian Wilmut,
(B) Edward Jenner,
(C) Charles Darwin,
(D) Alexander
Flemming
ANS – (B)
(26) _ cell culture is similar to that of embryonic stem
culture?
(A) Somatic stem,
(B) Stem,
(C) Gene,
(D) Gametic
ANS – (A)
(27) Fertilization made artificially in the laboratory is
called _ ?
(A) Invitro
fertilization,
(B) Cloning,
(C) External
fertilization,
(D) Blastula
ANS – (A)
(28) Bio-technologically synthesized vitamin B12 is used to
cure _ ?
(A) Anaemia,
(B) Tuberculosis,
(C) Pernicious
anaemia,
(D) Cancer
ANS – (B)
(29) _ are the most unspecialized mass of cells?
(A) Stem cells,
(B) Root cells,
(C) Hair cells,
(D) Cells
ANS – (A)
(30) The _ clones are developed by nuclear transfer into the
host cell?
(A) Artificial,
(B) Natural,
(C) Identical,
(D) Dissimilar
ANS – (A)
(31) The induced clones are developed by _ into the host
cell?
(A) Nuclear transfer,
(B) Gene transfer,
(C) Cell transfer,
(D) Antigen transfer
ANS – (A)
(32) Somatic gene therapy _ ?
(A) affects sperm,
(B) affects egg,
(C) affects progeny,
(D) affects body cell
ANS – (D)
(33) Dolly was developed in the year _ ?
(A) August 1982,
(B) July 1996,
(C) July 1994,
(D) September 1974
ANS – (B)
(34) The nucleus of udder cell which was used to develop
Dolly was taken from _ ?
(A) Six year old Finn
Dorset white sheep,
(B) Seven year old
white sheep,
(C) Six year old
goat,
(D) Five year old cow
ANS – (A)
(35) Vaccines are substances that confer immunity against _
?
(A) All kind of
diseases,
(B) Communicable
diseases,
(C) Specific
diseases,
(D) Non communicable
diseases
ANS – (C)
(36) _ vitamin is synthesized bio-technologically?
(A) B12,
(B) B6,
(C) B2,
(D) B
ANS – (A)
(37) The paternal and maternal genetic material which
influences the traits is _ ?
(A) RNA,
(B) m-RNA,
(C) DNA,
(D) t-RNA
ANS – (C)
(38) The first ever scientific experimental study on
heredity was worked out between the years _ ?
(A) 1801 – 1807
(B) 1812 – 1842
(C) 1838 – 1871
(D) 1822 – 1884
ANS – (D)
(39) The first experiment of Mendel considering the
inheritance of a single trait is called _ ?
(A) Hybrid cross,
(B) Monohybrid cross,
(C) Polyhybrid cross,
(D) Dihybrid cross
ANS – (B)
(40) Monoclonal anti-bodies are the anti-bodies produced
by_______ cells.
(A) cloned,
(B) fertilized,
(C) stem,
(D) embryo
ANS – (A)
(41) _ anti-bodies are now used for treatment of cancer?
(A) Monoclonal,
(B) Diclonal,
(C) Natural,
(D) Artificial
ANS – (A)
(42) _ are a type of derived lipids?
(A) Steroids,
(B) Vaccines,
(C) Vitamins,
(D) Antibodies
ANS – (A)
(43) Insulin dependent diabetes is caused by the
degeneration of beta cells due to a _ ?
(A) gene,
(B) alleles,
(C) defective gene,
(D) gene set
ANS – (C)
(44) Gene therapy is used to treat defects in _ ?
(A) Somatic cell,
(B) Organ,
(C) Tissue,
(D) Reproductive Cell
ANS – (A)
(45) The converts biological signal into an electrical
signal?
(A) Scanner,
(B) sensor,
(C) chips,
(D) traits
ANS – (B)
(46) Amylase is derived from _ of bacteria?
(A) Proteins,
(B) Insulin,
(C) Amyloproteins,
(D) Hormones
ANS – (C)
(47) The theory of Use and Disuse was proposed by _ ?
(A) Lamarck,
(B) Mendel,
(C) Darwin,
(D) Jenner
ANS – (A)
(48) Odour, freshness and taste of food can be measured by
using _ ?
(A) Bio-Chips,
(B) Bio-sensor,
(C) Biotic signals,
(D) Bio-technology
ANS – (B)
(49) Production of any toxin in the body due to infection
can be detected by _ ?
(A) Bio-sensor,
(B) Bio-signals,
(C) Bio-technology,
(D) Bio-chips
ANS – (A)
(50) The somatic stem cells are derived from source such as
_ ?
(A) Bone marrow,
embryos, amniotic fluid and umbilical cord
(B) Embryos, bone,
knee, foetus
(C) Bone marrow,
fluid, umbilical cord, joint cells
(D) Embryo, foetus,
umbilical cord, fluid
ANS – (A)