Previous Year General Science Quiz For SSC CHSL Exam

1.First transgenic plant –

(a) Potato 

(b) Tomato

(c) Tobacco 

(d) Maize

2. The bacteria generally used for genetic engineering is

(a) Agrobacterium 

(b) Bacillus

(c) Pseudomonas 

(d) Clostridium

3. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel –

(a) Bio-metallurgical techniques

(b) Bio-insecticidal plants

(c) Bio-mineralization processes

(d) Bio-fertilizers

4. The first antibiotic discovered was –

(a) Penicillin 

(b) Chloromycetin

(c) Cephalosporin 

(d) Streptomycin

5. Which of the following is false for Bt transgenic plant –

(a) Disease resistance

(b) Prepared by Bacillus thuringiensis

(c) It is recombinant type

(d) No such plant is known

6. First cloned animal is –

(a) Dog 

(b) Molly

(c) Dolly sheep 

(d) Polly sheep

7. Genetically engineered human insulin is prepared by using–

(a) E. coli 

(b) Rhizopus

(b) Pseudomonas 

(d) Yeast

8. Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait –

(a) High lysine (essential amino acid) content

(b) Insect resistance

(c) High protein content

(d) High vitamin-A content

9. Alpha diversity is present –

(a) Within community 

(b) Between community

(c) Ranges of communities 

(d) All the above

10. Biodiversity is determined by –

(a) Number of individuals in an area

(b) Species richness

(c) Evenness

(d) Both (b) and (c)

ANSWERS KEY:
1- (c)
2- (a)
3- (b)
4- (a)
5- (d)
6- (c)
7- (a)
8- (d)
9- (a)
10- (d)