Section 2 • 394 Questions

General Biotechnology, Biochemistry & Microbiology

Practice official GATE Biotechnology questions on Biochemistry, Microbiology & General Biotechnology: Michaelis-Menten kinetics, Lineweaver-Burk plots, bioenergetics, and cell physiology.

Solved Official Questions (394)

GATE BT 2010 • Q1 MCQ • 1M

a chenion growing der steady sale a bacterial culture can a grown a divin a higher

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GATE BT 2010 • Q5 MCQ • 1M

Program used for essentially local similarity search is

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GATE BT 2010 • Q6 MCQ • 1M

Peptidyl transferase activity resides in

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GATE BT 2010 • Q9 MCQ • 1M

Under stress conditions bacteria accumulate

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GATE BT 2010 • Q11 MCQ • 1M

Which one of the following DOES NOT belong to the domain of Bacteria?

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GATE BT 2010 • Q12 MCQ • 1M

Interferon-beta (IFN-β) is a crucial type I interferon cytokine primarily produced by:

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GATE BT 2010 • Q14 MCQ • 1M

A neonatally thymectomized mouse. immunized with proiein antigen shows

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GATE BT 2010 • Q15 MCQ • 1M

Lymphocyles interact with foreign antigens in

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GATE BT 2010 • Q17 MCQ • 1M

Accession number is a unique identification assigned to a

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GATE BT 2010 • Q20 MCQ • 1M

During lactic acid fermentation, net yield of ATP and NADH per mole of glucose is

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GATE BT 2010 • Q22 MCQ • 1M

The degree of inhibition for an enzyme catalyzed reaction at a particular inhibitor concentration is independent of initial substrate concentration. The inhibition follows

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GATE BT 2010 • Q23 MCQ • 1M

Oxidation reduction reactions with positive standard redox potential (AE°) have

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GATE BT 2010 • Q24 MCQ • 1M

Nuciease-hypersensitive sites in the chromosoines are sites that appear to be

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GATE BT 2010 • Q25 MCQ • 1M

The formation of peptide cross-links bervicen adjacent glycan chains in cell wall synthesis is called

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GATE BT 2010 • Q26 MCQ • 2M

Decermine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (a) and the Reason (r) Assertion: Somatic embryogenesis in plants is a two slep process comprising of embryc Reason: Embryo initiation is indepeudent of the presence of 2. 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid whereas embryo production requires a high concentration of 2.4. dichlorophenox vacetic acid.

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GATE BT 2010 • Q27 MCQ • 2M

An immobilized enzyme being used in a continuous plug low reactor exhibits an effectiveness factor (m) of 1.2. The value of y being greater than I 0) could be apparently due to

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GATE BT 2010 • Q28 MCQ • 2M

A roller bottle culture vessel perfectly cylindrical in shape having inner radius (r) = 10 em and length (I) = 20 cm was fitted with a spiral film of length (L) = 30 cm and width (W) = 20 cm. If the film can support 10' anchorage dependent cells per cm', the increase in the surface area after fitting the spiral film and the additional number of cells that can be grown respectively are 1200 cm' and 12 x 10' cells

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GATE BT 2010 • Q31 MCQ • 2M

Match the chemicals in Group I with the possible type/class in Group II Group ! Group Il P. Picloram Q. Zeatin 2. Auxin 1. Vitamin R. Thiamine S. Glutamine 3. Amino Acid 4. Cytokinin

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GATE BT 2010 • Q32 MCQ • 2M

Match Group I with Group Il Group I Group Il P. Fibronectin R. a-Macroglobilin Q. Insulin Uptake of amino acids and gluco Trypsin inhibitc S. Transferrin 3. Binds iron 4. Cell attachment 10 substralum

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GATE BT 2010 • Q35 MCQ • 2M

The lurnover numbers for the enzymes. El and E2 are 150 s"' and 15 s" respectively. This means

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GATE BT 2010 • Q36 MCQ • 2M

Maich the iterns in Group I with Group 11 Group I (Vectors) Group II (Maximum DNA packaging) P. A phage Q. Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes (BACs) 1. 35-45 kb 2. 100-300 kb S. R. Pl derived Artificial Chromosomes (PACS) 3. ≤ 300 kh à cosmid 4. 5-25 kh ()

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GATE BT 2010 • Q37 MCQ • 2M

Match Group I with Group li Group! Group lI P. Staphylococcus aureus R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Q. Candida albicans 1. Biofilms 3. Methicillin resistance 2. Bacteriocins S. Lacsobacillus lacsis 4. Isoniazid

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GATE BT 2010 • Q38 MCQ • 2M

A mutant Ga protein with increased GPase activity would

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GATE BT 2010 • Q39 MCQ • 2M

Dizygotic twins are connected to a single placenta during iheir embryonic development. These wins

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GATE BT 2010 • Q40 MCQ • 2M

The dissociation constant K, for ligand binding to the receptor is 10-' M. The concentration of ligand required for occupying 10% of receptors is

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GATE BT 2010 • Q41 MCQ • 2M

Receptor R is over expressed in CHO cells and analysed for expression. 6 x 10' cells were incubated with its radioactive ligand (specific activity 100 counts per picomole). If the total counts present in cell pellet was 1000 pm. the average number of receptors R per cell is (assume complete saturation of receptors with ligand and one ligand binds to one receptor)

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GATE BT 2010 • Q43 MCQ • 2M

Match the products in Group I with the microbial culures in Group II used for cheir industrial production Group! P. Gluconic acid Group Il 1. Leuconostoc resenteroids Q. L - Lysine R. Dextran 2. Aspergillus niger S. Cellulase 3. Brevibacteriam flavum 4. Trichoderma reesei

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GATE BT 2010 • Q51 MCQ • 2M

The number of amino acid residues present in ibe protein is

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GATE BT 2010 • Q52 MCQ • 2M

The AG° for the oxidation of NADH by FAD is

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GATE BT 2010 • Q53 MCQ • 2M

The value of AG, given Kay its 1.7. al 23°C will be

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GATE BT 2010 • Q54 MCQ • 2M

The mean value of acid concentration will be

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GATE BT 2011 • Q1 MCQ • 1M

Embryonic stem cells are derived from

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GATE BT 2011 • Q2 MCQ • 1M

Members of the antibody protein family that have common structural features are collectively known as

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GATE BT 2011 • Q4 MCQ • 1M

Yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC's) are used for cloning

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GATE BT 2011 • Q5 MCQ • 1M

'- 3' polymerization R. 3' - 5' exonuclease activity S. 5' - 3' exonuclease activity

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GATE BT 2011 • Q6 MCQ • 1M

An alternative to glycolysis pathway is

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GATE BT 2011 • Q7 MCQ • 1M

A cell in G, of interphase has 12 chromosomes. How many chromatids will be found per cell during metaphase Il of meiosis?

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GATE BT 2011 • Q8 MCQ • 1M

1 Potency (Probability that microbe will overcome human immunity system) A pharmaceutical company is contemplating the development of a vaccine against the most dangerous microbe. Which microbe should the company target in its first attempt?

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GATE BT 2011 • Q9 MCQ • 1M

Hydrated synthetic seeds which are produced by ion exchange reaction involve mixing the somatic embryos in a solution of

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GATE BT 2011 • Q10 MCQ • 1M

Shoot organogenesis by tissue culture results into

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