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Transgenic animals - class-X

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The transgenic animals are those which have 

  1. Foreign RNA in all its cells

  2. Foreign DNA in some of its cells

  3. Foreign DNA in all its cells

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Transgenic organism is one that has become transformed following the introduction of novel genes into its genome. It is most frequently achieved by integration of doned DNA sequences following their injection into the fertilised egg. This fertilised egg divides mitotically to form the whole organism so that all the cells of the organism will carry the transferred genes. The transferred genes are known as transgenes.
So, the correct answer is 'Foreign DNA in all its cells'.

Given are names of some transgenic animals. Identify the name of transgenic sheep.

  1. Rosie

  2. Dogie

  3. Tracy

  4. ANDI


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not used to transfer the recombinant DNA into the host?

  1. Micro-injection method

  2. Gene gun method

  3. Bioreactors

  4. Disarmed pathogen vectors


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Bioreactors are considered as vessels in which raw materials are biologically converted into specific products by microbes, plant and animal cells or their enzymes. To produce large quantities of these products, bioreactors are used where large volumes (100-1000 litres) of culture can be processed. Bioreactor provides the optimal conditions for obtaining the desired product by providing optimum growth conditions such as temperature, pH, substrate, vitamins, oxygen and salts.
So, the correct answer is 'Bioreactors'.

Read the following four statements (A-D).

A. The first transgenic buffalo, Rosie produced milk which was human alpha-lactalbumin enriched.
B. Restriction enzymes are used in isolation of DNA from other macromolecules.
C. Downstream processing is one of the steps of rDNA technology.
D. Disarmed pathogen vectors are also used in transfer of rDNA into the host.

Which of the two statements have mistakes?

  1. B and C

  2. C and D

  3. A and C

  4. A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a benefit of transgenic animals?

  1. Investigation of new treatments for diseases

  2. Early detection of diseases

  3. Testing the safety of vaccines

  4. To produce useful biological products


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Early diagnosis of disease cannot be done by transgenic animals but through techniques such as PCR and ELISA.

Inbreeding for five generations led to production of homozygous transgenic mice. However, these homozygous males or females were infertile. Which of the following approaches is most preferable and economical to obtain heterozygous transgenic animals continuously?

  1. More transgenic founder (1st animal) should be generated.

  2. Crossing (breeding) of transgenic mice with wild type mice in earlier generations should be done for continued production of transgenic heterozygous offsprings

  3. Inbreeding should be avoided after 5th generation

  4. Homozygous transgenic mice should be mated with heterozygous transgenic mice for continued production of transgenic heterozygous offsprings.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Interbreeding of particular species for a larger amount of time causes the recessive traits to appear in the offspring and those result in infertility. Inbreeding is not recommended and cross-breeding is required. When the transgenic mice are inbred for very large duration infertility is caused.

To get heterozygous transgenic mice crossbreeding should be done with the wild-type.
So, the correct option is 'Crossing (breeding) of transgenic mice with wild type mice in earlier generations should be done for continued production of transgenic heterozygous offsprings'

Select the incorrect matched pair.

  1. Monoclonal antibodies - Hybridomas

  2. PCR - Phenylketonuria

  3. Bioweapons - Bacillus anthracis

  4. Tracy - First transgenic animal for food production


Correct Option: D

A human protein which is obtained from transgenic animals and is used to treat emphysema is 

  1. Alpha-lactalbumin

  2. Thyroxine

  3. $\alpha-1$-antitrypsin

  4. Insulin.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A human protein which is obtained from transgenic animals and is used to treat emphysema is α−1-antitrypsin. Transgenic animals that produce useful biological products can be created by the introduction of the portion of DNA which codes for particular product such as human proteins. 

So, the correct option is 'Option C' .

What is ANDi?

  1. Transgenic cow

  2. Transgenic dog

  3. Transgenic sheep

  4. Transgenic monkey


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

ANDi, is the first transgenic monkey. It has been named ANDi, the acronym of "inserted DNA". In this DNA of a fluorescent jellyfish was introduced into an unfertilised egg of a Rhesus monkey in a test tube.

95% of the existing transgenic animals are 

  1. Fish

  2. Pigs

  3. Sheep

  4. Mice


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Transgenic rats, rabbits, pigs, sheep, cows and fish have been produced, althrough 95% of all existing transgenic animals are mice.

Given below are certain features of mice. Read them and select why mice is most preferred animal for studies on gene transfer.


(i) Short estrous cycle and gestation period
(ii) Relatively short generation time
(iii) Convenient in vitro fertilisation
(iv) Production of several offspring per pregnancy 

  1. (i) and (ii) only

  2. (i) only

  3. (i), (ii) and (iv) only

  4. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mouse is the most preferred animal for studies on gene transfer due to many favourable features like short oestrous cycle and gestation period, relatively short generation time, production of several offspring per pregnancy, convenient in vitro fertilisation, successful culture of embryo in vitro, etc.

Giant mouse has been produced through

  1. Gene transfer

  2. Gene differentiation

  3. Tissue culture

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Transgenic mouse is larger because expression of the gene for human growth factor has been introduced into it.

Read the following statements : 
I) Mule is developed by interspecific hybridisation
II) Groups of bees is called 'swarms'
III) For the herd-improvement cross-breeding is employed
IV) In MOET, fertilised egg at 6-8 celled stage is recovered non - surgically

  1. I, II, III, IV are true

  2. III , IV, V are false

  3. I, II, IV are true

  4. I, II, III and V are true


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • As a mule is produced by crossing a female horse with a male donkey, it can be said to be an interspecific hybrid.
  • Swarming can be defined as the process by which a queen bee forms a new colony. Consequently, the term ‘swarms’ is used to refer to the colonies of honey bees.
  • Cross-breeding enables the production of hybrids that are superior in one respect or the other to their respective parents.
  • In MOET, the female is made to produce more eggs than normal, usually 6-8. After the fertilization of these eggs with sperms, these fertilized eggs are non-surgically removed and transferred to other females.
Hence, the correct answer is 'I, II, III, IV are true'.

The injecting of foreign gene in an animal gives rise to 

  1. Transgenic animal

  2. Transgenic organism

  3. Transgenic plant

  4. Transcribed animal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Transgenic animals are animals that have had a foreign gene deliberately inserted into their genome. Such, animals are most commonly created by micro-injection of DNA into the pronuclei of a fertilized egg which is implanted into the oviduct of a pseudopregnant surrogate mother. This results in the recipient giving birth to genetically modified offspring. 

Which of the following is the key principle of bioethics?

  1. Animal rights

  2. Environmental ethics

  3. Autonomy

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The gene transfer in eukaryotic cells is also known as 

  1. Transformation

  2. Transfection

  3. Transduction

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: B

Genetic engineering helps to degrade .......... in the food.

  1. Organic acids

  2. Allergens

  3. Microflora

  4. Minerals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Genetic engineering has great potential for improving the safety of plant-based foods by eliminating allergenic components. 

Identify the correct application of biotechnology in food processing.

  1. Conversion of perishable raw material into the nonperishable food product

  2. Conversion of nonperishable raw material into food product

  3. Conversion of decayed food into useful food products

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer is option A i.e. "Conversion of perishable raw material into the nonperishable food product"
Biotechnology in the food processing sector makes use of micro-organisms for the preservation of food. Food processing is a process by which perishable raw materials are converted to edible and  non-perishable foods and beverages, which have a longer shelf life.

Maximum number of existing transgenic animals is of

  1. Pig

  2. Fish

  3. Mice

  4. Cow


Correct Option: C

Current cloning technology is limited because

  1. It inhibits the growth of native animals.

  2. It spreads the disease to the other animals.

  3. All cloned may suffer from developmental abnormalities.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Biofortification is an example of application of

  1. Bioinformatics

  2. Biotechnology

  3. Sustainable development

  4. Organic farming


Correct Option: B

Which of the following correctly defines a transgenic animal

  1. An animal which has foreign DNA and RNA in some of its cells because of an injection of DNA and RNA into the nucleus of the zygote from which it is developed

  2. An animal which has foreign DNA in all its cells because of an injection of DNA into the nucleus of the zygote from which it is developed

  3. An animal which has foreign DNA in some of its cells because of an injection of DNA into the nuclei of some of the cells of the blastocyst

  4. An animal which has foreign DNA in.all its cells because of an injection of DNA into the nuclei of some of the cells in adulthood


Correct Option: B

Which transgenic animal have been given human genes for organ transplantation into human without risk of rejection

  1. Cow

  2. Sheep

  3. Goat

  4. Pig


Correct Option: D

What is true among the following w.r.t transgenic cows? 

  1. The milk had a protein called human $\alpha - lactalbumin $

  2. The 1st transgenic cow was called Rosie

  3. Both A and B are correct

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The first transgenic cow was Rosie and was produced in 1997. It carried the gene for human alpha-lactalbumin.

So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B are correct'.

Who described as a need to include nature in our ethical concerns?

  1. Wendell berry

  2. Aldo Leopold

  3. James Hanson

  4. Vandana Shiva


Correct Option: B

"Ethical Sequence" refers to a philosophy:

  1. Limitation on freedom of speech

  2. Limitation on freedom of action

  3. Limitation on freedom of benefits

  4. Limitation on freedom of interest deduction


Correct Option: B

Introduction of DNA into cells by exposing to high voltage electric pulse 

  1. Electrofusion

  2. Electrofission

  3. Electrolysis

  4. Electroporation


Correct Option: D

In which of the following method, foreign DNA is coated on the tungsten particle?

  1. Microprojectile gun method

  2. Microinjection method

  3. Liposome-mediated gene transfer

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Microprojectile gun method is a device for delivering exogenous DNA to cells. Here, the impregnation of the cells with nucleic acid or with other biological molecules is achieved by coating the molecules that are intended to be introduced in to the cells on to micro carriers which generally is high density tungsten micro particles.
Microinjection is a technique of delivering foreign DNA into a living cell through a glass micropipette.
Liposome-mediated gene transfer is cell-type-specific gene transfer vehicles in vitro and in vivo using liposome.
so, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following is used as a reporter gene?

  1. lacZ gene

  2. Green fluorescent protein

  3. Nif gene

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is needed for gene transformation and its screening in animals?

  1. Foreign DNA

  2. Plasmid

  3. Selectable marker

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following can minimizes the ethical issues of animal biotechnology?

  1. Biopatent

  2. Ban on experimental use of animals

  3. Create new species only for experiments

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following principle is associated with the ethics of animal use in genetic engineering?

  1. Reduction of animal use

  2. Refinement of husbandry

  3. Replacement of animal with non-animal alternatives

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is more sufferer?

  1. Native animals

  2. Transgenic animals

  3. Both A and B

  4. Hybrid animal


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is used as probiotic?

  1. Rhizobium

  2. Lactobacillus

  3. E. coli

  4. Streptomyces


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lactobacillus acidophilus is a type of bacteria found in your intestines.

 Lactobacilli, particularly L. acidophilus, are often used as probiotics
The World Health Organization defines probiotics as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host."

.......... was produced by the slaughtering of the pig but now it is stopped due to genetic engineering.

  1. Meat

  2. Insulin

  3. Both A and B

  4. Fats


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Animal insulin is derived from cows and pigs. Until the 1980s, animal insulin was the only treatment for insulin dependent diabetes. These days the use of animal insulin has largely been replaced by human insulin and human analogue insulin, however, animal insulin is still available on prescription.

Which of the following enzyme used in dairy industry is produced by GM microorganism?

  1. Peptidase

  2. Chymosin

  3. Bovine

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chymosin, commonly known as rennin, is the principal milk- coagulating enzyme present in rennet. Rennet, which has a long and extensive history of safe use in making cheese and other dairy products.

Which of the following describes the relation between genetic engineering and the health of environment

  1. Bioremediation

  2. Biomagnification

  3. Eutrophication

  4. Bioaccumulation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bioremediation is the use of living micro organisms to degrade the environmental contaminants into less toxic forms. It uses naturally occurring bacteria and fungi or plants to degrade or detoxify substances hazardous to human health and the environment.

Which of the following ethic should be employed when conducting genetic engineering?

  1. Environmental ethic

  2. Organizational ethic

  3. Animal ethic

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ethics means a branch of philosophy that deals with human conduct and how right or wrong an action or the motives behind an action may be. 
Environmental ethics and animal ethics should be strictly followed before when genetic engineering is been conducted as any technology should not harm the environment as well as animal life.

Which of the following statements support animal testing?

  1. Animal testing should use for both medical purpose and cosmetics.

  2. Animal testing prevents the widespread disaster by the release of chemicals.

  3. Animal testing is an inhuman process.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Before animal testing _________should be given to the animals.

  1. Anesthesia

  2. Analgesics

  3. Antibiotics

  4. Antiseptics


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Before animal testing anesthesia should be given to the animals because they are living they can feel pain and also its an ethical issue.

Which of the following is the ethics for the research with animals?

  1. Surgical procedure under appropriate anesthesia

  2. Research with professional standard

  3. Any animal can be used

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Anesthesia enables a animals to tolerate surgical procedures that would otherwise inflict unbearable pain.
Bioscience community accepts that animals should be used for research only within an ethical framework.

Animal suffering during testing can be minimized by which of these principles of ethics of animal biotechnology?

  1. Reduction

  2. Refinement

  3. Replacement

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Refinement refers to methods that minimise the pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm that may be experienced by research animals, and which improve their welfare. 

Refinement applies to all aspects of animal use, from their housing and husbandry to the scientific procedures performed on them.

All of the followings are the ethical issues with the animal testing except

  1. Pain

  2. Disease

  3. Infertility

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pain and disease are major ethical issues. Infertility is not one of them.

The transgenic animals are those which have 

  1. Foreign DNA in some of its cells

  2. Foreign DNA in all its cells

  3. Foreign DNA and RNA in some of its cells

  4. Foreign DNA and RNA in all its cells


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Transgenic animals are animals that have had a foreign gene deliberately inserted into their genome. Such animals are most commonly created by the micro-injection of DNA into the pronuclei of a fertilised egg which is subsequently implanted into the oviduct of a  surrogate mother.
So, the correct answer is 'Foreign DNA in all its cells'

Mule is a product of

  1. Breeding

  2. Mutation

  3. Hybridisation

  4. Interspecific hybridisation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An interspecific hybrid is the product of mating between parents of two different species. A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (mare). Mules are more patient, sure-footed, hardy and long-lived than horses, and they are considered less obstinate, faster, and more intelligent than donkeys.

So, the correct answer is 'Interspecific hybridisation'

Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing
  1. transgenic mice for testing safety of polio vaccine before use in humans

  2. transgenic models for studying new treatments for certain cardiac disease

  3. transgenic Cow-Rosie which produces high fat milk for making ghee

  4. Animals like bulls for farm work as they have super power


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In research studies, animals that have been genetically engineered include cattle, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, dogs, cats, fish, rats and mice. As scientists have sequenced the genomes of domestic animals, more is known about genes and the traits that they control.

So, the correct option is 'Transgenic mice for testing the safety of the polio vaccine before use in humans'.

Bioreactors are

  1. Transgenic animals

  2. Fermentation factories

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A bioreactor may refer to any manufactured or engineered device or system that supports a biologically active environment. In animals, the production of biologically active recombinant proteins use transgenic animals as bioreactor. Bioreactor or fermentation processes are the core manufacturing process in the biotech industry. 

In transgenics, expression of transgene in target tissue is determined by __________.

  1. Enhancer

  2. Transgene

  3. Promoter

  4. Reporter


Correct Option: D

Transgenic animal has

  1. Foreign DNA is all its cells

  2. Foreign RNA is all its cells

  3. Foreign DNA is some of the cells

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A transgenic animal is one that carries a foreign gene that has been deliberately inserted into its genome. The foreign gene is constructed using recombinant DNA methodology. A transgenic organism carries in all its cells a foreign gene that was inserted by laboratory techniques. Each transgenic organism is produced by introducing cloned genes, composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from microbes, animals or plants, into plant and animal cells. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Reporter genes which are used in transformation are of types

  1. Selectable marker gene

  2. Scoreable marker gene

  3. Antibiotic resistant gene

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a function of a selectable marker?

  1. Provides resistance against a substrate

  2. Inhibits the growth of normal cell in a culture

  3. Help to create a chromosome map

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following ethical issues should be considered for developing transgenic animal?

  1. Yielding capacity

  2. Long term effect on environment

  3. Quality of breed

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The ethical issues considered for developing transgenic animals are yielding capacity, long term effect on the environment, quality of the breed. They include bioethicists, environmentalists. the results of genetic alteration would be suffered and hence such experimentation should be banned (Eg, a pig with no legs)

Ethics are associated with genetic engineering because of ___________.

  1. Human dignity

  2. Commercialization of genetic research

  3. Fair use of genetic information

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The genetic engineering of animals has increased significantly in recent years, and the use of this technology brings with it ethical issues, some of which relate to animal welfare — defined by the World Organisation for Animal Health as “the state of the animal.

How an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives”.
These issues need to be considered by all stakeholders, including veterinarians, to ensure that all parties are aware of the ethical issues at stake and can make a valid contribution to the current debate regarding the creation and use of genetically engineered animals. 

Which of the following GM microbe contains gene for naphthalene?

  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  2. E.coli

  3. Pseudomonas putida

  4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa


Correct Option: C

The enzymatic degradation of lactose in dairy product can reduce the__________.

  1. Casein

  2. Whey

  3. Microbes

  4. Acrylamide


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Acrylamide does not form, or forms at lower levels, in dairy, meat, and fish products. so the enzymatic degradation of lactose in dairy produts can reduce the acrylamide.

What was the amount of Alpha-lactalbumin in the milk of transgenic cow?

  1. $2.4$ grams/lit

  2. $4.2$ grams/lit

  3. $3.4$ grams/lit

  4. $4.3$ grams/lit


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alpha-lactalbumin is a major milk whey protein. It is involved in the process of lactose synthesis. The first transgenic cow was produced with human alpha-lactalbumin gene introduced into it. The milk of transgenic cow contained about 2.4 grams/lit of human protein.

Thus, the correct answer is '2.4 grams/lit.'

All of the followings are associated with replacement principle of animal biotechnology except

  1. Cell culture

  2. Computer models

  3. Epidemiological studies

  4. Improving experimental technique


Correct Option: D

First transgenic mouse grew twice the normal size after drinking -------- containing water.

  1. Cu

  2. Fe

  3. Zn

  4. Ra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When the transgenic mice were a few weeks old, they were given drinking water containing zinc. Mice carrying the transgene grew to twice the size of their litter mates because the metallothionein enhancer sequence stimulated by zinc had increased growth hormone production.

More than $95\%$ of transgenic animals are.

  1. Rabbits

  2. Mice

  3. Fish

  4. Cows


Correct Option: B

The Transgenic animals are generally produced for all of the following needs EXCEPT.

  1. Testing of chemical safety

  2. Testing of vaccine safety

  3. Stimulation of pathogenicity

  4. Production of pharmacologically important proteins


Correct Option: C
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