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Manipulation of dna - class-XI

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A mixture containing DNA fragments, A, B, C and D, with molecular weights of $A + B =C, A>B$ and $D>C$, was subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis. The positions of these fragments from cathode to anoe sides of the gel would be

  1. $D, C, A, B$

  2. $A, B, C, D$

  3. $C, B, A, D$

  4. $B, A, D, C$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gel electrophoresis is the techniques by which negatively charged DNA fragments separate according to their molecular mass and the principle says that lighter goes the maximum distance that means heavy DNA stops first as D is heavier it separates first while B at last.

So the correct option is 'D,C,A,B'.

Gel electrophoresis is a

  1. Technique of separation of charged molecules under the influence of magnetic field

  2. Technique of incorporation of DNA molecules into the cell through transient pores made due to electrical impulses

  3. Technique of separation of DNA fragments through the pores of agarose gel under the influence of electric field

  4. Technique of separation and purification of gene products


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Electrophoresis is a technique of separation of molecules such as DNA, RNA or protein, under the influence of an electrical field, so that they migrate in the direction of electrode bearing the opposite charge, viz. positively charged molecules move towards cathode (-ve electrode) and negatively charged molecules travel towards anode (+ve electrode) through a medium/matrix. Since DNA fragments are negatively charged molecules, they can be separated by allowing them to move towards the anode (+ve electrode) under an electric field through a matrix of agarose gel.
So, the correct answer is 'Technique of separation of DNA fragments through the pores of agarose gel under the influence of electric field'.

Gel electrophoresis is a

  1. Technique of separation of charged molecules under the influence of magnetic field

  2. Technique of incorporation of DNA molecules Into the cell through transient pore made due to electrical impulses

  3. Technique of separation and isolation of DNA fragments through the pores of agarose

  4. Technique of separation and purification of gene products.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Electrophoresis is defined as a technique of separation of the charged molecules of the substance in a solution, by subjecting them to an electric field. The technique helps to determine the number, amount and the mobility of the components in a given sample or separate them. It is also used to obtain information about the electrical double layer, surrounding the particles. Differential migration of the charged molecules in the presence of the electric field is the main principle of electrophoresis. The resolving power of electrophoresis was greatly improved by the introduction of a technique called zone technique. The zone electrophoresis performed by using gel is referred to as gel electrophoresis. 

So the correct option is 'technique of separation of charged molecules under the influence of magnetic field'.

DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive molecule is called

  1. Probe

  2. Clone

  3. Plasmid

  4. Vector


Correct Option: A

Which technique is used in separating fragments of DNA ______________.

  1. Eastern blotting

  2. Western blotting

  3. Northern blotting

  4. Southern blotting


Correct Option: D

The universal DNA probe is made up of repeated tandems of?

  1. TATA

  2. GATA

  3. CACA

  4. ATGA


Correct Option: A

After the biosynthetic phase, the product is separated and purified by the process called as:

  1. Agarose gel electrophoresis

  2. PCR

  3. Downstream processing

  4. Insertional inactivation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
After the biasynthetic, the product is seprated and parified by the process called doren stream processing. It involves $5$ stages.
$(1)$ solid- liquid sepretion
$(2)$ Retrase of intractual products
$(3)$ concentration
$(4)$ Purification by chronatography
$(5)$ Formulation
So, the correct answer is $[C]$ Downstrain processing.

What must be done before placing DNA into the electrophoretic chamber?

  1. It must be ground up with mortar and pestle

  2. It must be cut by restricition endonucleases

  3. It must be treated with RNAase

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Answer is option B i.e. "It must be cut by restriction endonucleases"
Electrophoresis is a method for separation of macro-molecules like DNA. Preparing the DNA for electrophoresis is an important step. DNA is "digested" or cut by restriction enzymes before being run on a gel so that DNA can be separated based on DNA size, fragment and length.

Purified DNA ultimately precipitate out after the addition of chilled ethanol. This DNA that separate out can be removed by _____________.

  1. Electrophoresis

  2. Downstream processing

  3. PCR

  4. Spooling


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Answer is option D i.e. "Spooling"
At the last step of DNA extraction, purified DNA precipitates out after the addition of chilled ethanol. This DNA appears as collection of fine threads in the suspension which can be spool over the glass rod, this method is called as DNA spooling.

Agarose which is extracted from sea weeds is most widely used in

  1. Gel electrophoresis

  2. Spectrophotometry

  3. Tissue culture

  4. PCR


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Agarose is the supporting structure in the cell walls of certain species of algae and which is released on boiling. Agarose is a polysaccharide polymer extracted from seaweed. Slabs of agarose gels are used for electrophoresis.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

The technique used for separating molecules by passing electric current is

  1. Fractionation

  2. Centrifugation

  3. Electrophoresis

  4. ELISA

  5. Chromatography


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Electrophoresis is a technique, in which particles of different sizes and charges are separated due to their movement to different distances under the influence of an electric field, e.g : nucleic acid, proteins, amino acids, nucleotides etc.
Chromatography is a technique of separating molecular components of a mixture by using the principle of partition coefficient.
Cell fractionation is the technique of separating and rupturing cells and separating the cellular components for study. It has two steps - homogenisation (rupturing of cells) and differential centrifugation (separation of different components of homogenate). 
ELISA stands for Enzyme Linked immunosorbent Assay. It is an assay procedure used in diagnosis of AIDS.

A method which uses paper or film with different electric poles at the two ends and is used for separation of charged particles is called

  1. Electrolysis

  2. Electrophoresis

  3. Electroplating

  4. Thin layer chromatography


Correct Option: B

Agarose gel used to separate

  1. Carbohydrates.

  2. Fats.

  3. Proteins.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: C

Electric field is used in separating chemicals in which method?

  1. Ion exchange chromatography

  2. Electrophoresis

  3. Thin layer chromatography

  4. Column chromatography


Correct Option: B

Electrophoresis is employed for

  1. Separating cell components.

  2. Separating charged particles.

  3. Reverse osmosis.

  4. In vitro storage of cell components.


Correct Option: A

The base material that can be used in electrophoresis is

  1. Polyacrylamide.

  2. Agarose.

  3. Carrageenan.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D

In DNA segment of six coils, 22 bp are linked by two hydrogen bonds. How many cytosine bases would be present

  1. 22

  2. 38

  3. 44

  4. 76


Correct Option: B

In a DNA fragment, there are 8 turns with 40% of the bases are cytosine. What would be the number of hydrogen bonds present in this DNA fragment 

  1. 96

  2. 192

  3. 224

  4. 60


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following statements is wrong with respect to separation of DNA fragments on gel electrophoresis

  1. DNA fragments move towards anode under electric field through the matrix

  2. The commonly used matrix is agarose gel

  3. DNA fragments resolve according to their size

  4. The smaller DNA fragments separate first


Correct Option: D

Escherichia coli, in which both the strands of DNA are labeled  with $^{15}N$ is transferred to $^{14}N$ medium and allowed to replicate for three generations. Find out the number of hybrid DNA molecules in the third generation

  1. 8

  2. 2

  3. 12

  4. 10


Correct Option: B

Fragments of DNA formed after treatment with endonucleases are separated by the technique

  1. Polymerase chain reaction

  2. Southern blotting

  3. Colony hybridisation

  4. Electrophoresis


Correct Option: D

First step in Southern blot technique is

  1. Digestion of DNA by restriction enzyme

  2. Production of a group of genetically identical cells

  3. Denaturation of DNA on the gel for hybridisation with specific probe

  4. Denaturation of DNA from a nucleated cell as from the scene of crime


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The first step in a Southern blot technique is to prepare the DNA mixture by breaking it into smaller fragments using a restriction enzyme.

In gel electrophoresis, differential mobility of DNA depends upon

  1. Helical nature of DNA

  2. Double stranded nature of DNA

  3. Charge and size of DNA

  4. Hydrogen bonding between bases


Correct Option: C

The term southern blotting refers to

  1. Transfer of DNA fragments from in vitro cellulose membrane to electrophoretic gel

  2. Attachment of probes to DNA fragments

  3. Transfer of DNA fragments from electrophoretic gel to nitrocellulose sheet

  4. Comparison of DNA fragments from two sources


Correct Option: B

A correct pair of characteristics of molecular probe are:
a. Very long molecule
b. Double stranded
c. DNA or RNA
d. Complementary to a part of desired gene.

  1. a,b

  2. b,c

  3. c,d

  4. d,a


Correct Option: C

DNA fragments generated by restriction endonucleases in a chemical reaction can be separated by

  1. Restriction mapping

  2. Centrifugation

  3. Polymerase chain reaction

  4. Agarose gel electrophoresis


Correct Option: D

When heated, the hydrogen bonds between the complementary strands of DNA break and the 2 strands separate in a process called melting. Which of the following pieces of DNA will require maximum temperature for melting?

  1. $3'\quad AAGGTATACAAT\quad 5'\ 5'\quad TTCCATATGTTA\quad 3'$

  2. $3'\quad GAGCUAUCCGAG\quad 5'\ 5'\quad CUCGAUAGGCUC\quad 3'$

  3. $3'\quad ACGTCCGCTGCG\quad 5'\ 5'\quad TGCAGGCGACGC\quad 3'$

  4. $3'\quad ATTAGCTAGCAA\quad 5'\ 5'\quad TAATCGATCGTT\quad 3'$


Correct Option: A

E.coli which was grown in the medium containing heavy isotope $ {  }^{ 15 }{ N }$ for several generations is shifted to normal $ _{  }^{ 14 }{ N }$ medium, the percentage of DNA strands with $ _{  }^{ 14 }{ N }$ isotope after two generations is _____________.

  1. $12.5$%

  2. $50$%

  3. $75$%

  4. $100$%


Correct Option: A

When a sample containing antibody $1\ gM$ is run on SDS - PAGE, what molecular weight bands are expected to be seen?

  1. $70, 55. 15\ Kbp$

  2. $50, 15\ Kbp$

  3. $50, 55\ Kbp$

  4. $50, 25\ Kbp$


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not a technique for introducing recombinant DNA into host cells?

  1. Infection by Agrobacterium

  2. Microinjection

  3. Electrophoresis

  4. Infection by bacteriophage


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There are special techniques for the introduction of recombinant DNA into host cells. Microinjection, biolistics, infection by disarmed pathogens like Agrobacterium or bacteriophage are examples of such techniques. 

While electrophoresis is used for the separation of various DNA segments based on their length. 
So, the correct option is 'Electrophoresis'.

What is the function of gel electrophoresis in genetic engineering?

  1. Cut DNA into many fragments

  2. Link together newly joined fragments of DNA

  3. Make millions of copies of a specific segment of DNA

  4. Separate fragments of DNA by their length and electrical charges


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gel electrophoresis is a technique used to separate DNA fragments according to their size. DNA samples are loaded into wells (indentations) at one end of a gel, and an electric current is applied to pull them through the gel. DNA fragments are negatively charged, so they move towards the positive electrode. 

So, the correct option is 'Separate fragments of DNA by their length and electrical charges'.

DNA fragments generated by the restriction endonucleases in a chemical reaction can be separated by

  1. electrophoresis

  2. restriction mapping

  3. centrigugation

  4. polymerase chain reaction


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gel electrophoresis is a method for separation and analysis of macromolecules (DNA, RNA and proteins) and their fragments, based on their size and charge. It is used in molecular biology to separate a mixed population of DNA and RNA fragments by length, to estimate the size of DNA and RNA fragments or to separate proteins by charge.


Nucleic acid molecules are separated by applying an electric field to move the negatively charged molecules through a matrix of agarose or other substances. Shorter molecules move faster and migrate farther than longer ones because shorter molecules migrate more easily through the pores of the gel. This phenomenon is called sieving.

DNA Gel electrophoresis is usually performed for analytical purposes, often after amplification of DNA via polymerase chain reaction (PCR), but may be used as a preparative technique prior to use of other methods such as mass spectrometry, RFLP, PCR, cloning, DNA sequencing, or Southern blotting for further characterization.

So the correct option is 'Electrophoresis'.

A mixture containing DNA fragments, A, B, C and D, with molecular weights of A + B = C, A > B and D > C, was subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis. The positions of these fragments from cathode to anode sides of the gel would be 

  1. D, C, A, B

  2. A, B, C, D

  3. C, B, A, D

  4. B, A, D, C.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Shorter lengths of DNA move faster than longer lengths so move further in the time the current is run. So, since D has the heaviest weight (implying it has the longest strand), it will tend to remain far from the anode. B being a lightest fragment moves farthest from the cathode.
  • Hence The positions of these fragments from cathode to anode sides of the gel would be D, C, A, B,
  • So,the correct answer is 'D,C,A,B'.

DNA probe is used in:

  1. Gel electrophoresis

  2. Northern blotting

  3. DNA finger printing

  4. Interferon synthesis


Correct Option: C

DNA fragments generated by the restriction endonucleases in a chemical reaction can be separated by

  1. Polymerase chain reaction

  2. Electrophoresis

  3. Restriction mapping

  4. Centrifugation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A restriction enzyme (or restriction endonuclease) is an enzyme that cuts DNA at or near specific recognition nucleotide sequences known as restriction sites. The DNA fragments are separated by electrophoresis, a process that involves application of an electric field to cause the DNA fragments to migrate into an agarose gel. The gel is then stained with a methylene blue stain to visualize the DNA bands and may be photographed. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Read the passage and answer the following question.
Bacterial plasmid sequence: ATCCCA...1000 more nucleotides..... ..ATTAAGGCCTTACAGGACCCCGGAATGAGAGTA ATGGGCTATTCAGGTA... 2000 more nucleotides
Human DNA sequence: ATATCGTAATGTTGGTG..500 more nucleotides.. ..GTGTCAGGACGGGTGAAAGCCAGGACGCCGAATCG...5000 more nucleotides
The underlined DNA signifies the gene of interest were trying to clone Restriction enzyme sequences:
          ERA  I      GTAATG
          CRO  I     CAGGAC
           MEM II    GCCG
How many bands would show up on a 1 percent agarose gel if the plasmid was cut with both ERA I and CRO I?
  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 100

  5. 1,000


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

CRO I has restriction sequence CAGGAC and ERA I has the restriction sequence GTAATG. When both the enzymes are used to cleave the bacterial and the human DNA, there are three fragments produced. So, only three bands will show up on the agarose gel as the restriction enzymes will cut very close. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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