The ‘sticky ends’ produced in the fragments of DNA produced by some restriction enzymes are composed of:
1. methyl groups 2. telomeres
3. unpaired bases 4. Guanine rich repeats

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It is usually possible to make bacterial cells more permeable to take up plasmid by treatment with:
1. alkali
2. ultrasound
3. divalent calcium ions
4. trivalent phosphate ions
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A plasmid DNA has one site for a restriction endonuclease. When cut and separated on agarose gel electrophoresis:
1. only one fragment is seen
2. two fragments are seen
3. the cut plasmid DNA will not move and so no fragment is seen
4. a large number of small sized fragments are seen
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The common restriction enzyme EcoRI recognizes the palindromic sequence:
1. GAATTC
2. CCCGGG
3. AAGCTT
4. TGGCCA
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What differentiating feature is the basis of separation of fragments of DNA produced by restriction
enzymes in agar gel electrophoresis?
1. charge on the fragments
2. whether they are double or single stranded
3. their size
4. whether linear or circular
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Resistance to certain antibiotics in bacterial cells:
I: is a genetic trait
II: is normally carried on the main chromosomal DNA
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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Bacterial cells add methyl groups to their DNA in order to:
1. clone their DNA
2. activate promoters
3. form polycisronic mRNAs
4. protect its DNA from own restriction enzymes
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What can be the natural function of a restriction enzyme?
1. To remove introns from hnRNA
2. To cut dsRNA resulting in the formation of miRNA
3. To cut foreign DNA
4. To join exons after removal of introns from a transcript
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Restriction enzymes have been isolated from:
I: Bacteria
II: Yeasts
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
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Maintenance of sterile ambience in chemical engineering processes to enable growth of only the desired microbe/eukaryotic cell in large quantities for the manufacture of biotechnological products like antibiotics, vaccines, enzymes, etc is called as:
1. Genetic engineering
2. Bioprocess engineering
3. Gene technology
4. Biopharming
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