Category: GATE Biotechnology Previous Year Papers with Solutions

Q.5 Program used for essentially local similarity search is (A) BLAST (B) RasMol (C) ExPASy (D) SWISS-PROT BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) dominates bioinformatics for detecting sequence similarities. Tailored […]

Q.4 Antibiotic resistance marker that CANNOT be used in a cloning vector in Gram negative bacteria is (A) Streptomycin (B) Ampicillin (C) Vancomycin (D) Kanamycin Cloning vectors rely on antibiotic […]

Q.3 The bacteria known to be naturally competent for transformation of DNA is (A) Escherichia coli (B) Bacillus subtilis (C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (D) Yersinia pestis Bacterial competence enables natural DNA […]

Q.2 Ames test is used to determine (A) The mutagenicity of a chemical (B) Carcinogenicity of a chemical (C) Both mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of a chemical (D) Toxicity of a […]

Q.1 Hybridoma technology is used to produce (A) Monoclonal antibodies (B) Polyclonal antibodies (C) Both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies (D) B cells Here’s a SEO-optimized article on hybridoma technology, tailored […]

Q.65 P, Q, R and S are four types of dangerous microbes recently found in a human habitat. The area of each circle with its diameter printed in brackets represents […]

Q.64 The variable cost (V) of manufacturing a product varies according to the equation V = 4q, where q is the quantity produced. The fixed cost (F) of production of […]

Q.63 A transporter receives the same number of orders each day. Currently, he has some pending orders (backlog) to be shipped. If he uses 7 trucks, then at the end […]

Q.62 A container originally contains 10 litres of pure spirit. From this container 1 litre of spirit is replaced with 1 litre of water. Subsequently, 1 litre of the mixture […]

Q.61 Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and grief, and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death […]