| 1. | D | 2. | C |
| 3. | A | 4. | B |
| Statement I: | The blue coloured colonies have DNA insert in the plasmid and they are identified as recombinant colonies. |
| Statement II: | The colonies without blue colour have DNA insert in the plasmid and are identified as recombinant colonies. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 3. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct |
| 4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect |
| 1. | D and E only | 2. | B and C only |
| 3. | C and D only | 4. | A and B only |
| Statement I : | The DNA fragments extracted from gel electrophoresis can be used in construction of recombinant DNA. |
| Statement II : | Smaller size DNA fragments are observed near anode while larger fragments are found near the wells in an agarose gel. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect |
| 2. | Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct |
| 3. | Both statement I and statement II are correct |
| 4. | Both statement I and statement II are incorrect |
| 1. | \(2n+1\) | 2. | \(2N^2\) |
| 3. | \(N^2\) | 4. | \(2^n\) |

| 1. | White color colonies will be selected. |
| 2. | Blue color colonies grown on ampicillin plates can be selected. |
| 3. | Using an ampicillin- & tetracycline-containing medium plate. |
| 4. | Blue color colonies will be selected. |
| A. | They are called molecular scissors. |
| B. | These are the enzymes responsible for restricting the growth of bacteriophages in E. coli. |
| C. | They cut the DNA only at the centre of the palindromic sites. |
| D. | They remove nucleotides only from the ends of DNA fragments. |
| E. | They recognise specific palindromic base-pair sequences. |
| 1. | A and B only |
| 2. | D and E only |
| 3. | C and D only |
| 4. | A and E only |
| List-I | List-II | ||
| A. | Genetically modified organism | I. | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
| B. | Thermostable DNA | II. | Bt cotton |
| C. | Ti plasmid | III. | Thermus aquaticus |
| D. | pBR322 | Iv. | Eschericihia coli |
| A. | The cutting of DNA is done by molecular scissors. |
| B. | The DNA fragments separate according to their size in an agarose gel, upon electrophoresis. |
| C. | The separated DNA fragments can be seen without staining when exposed to UV light. |
| D. | The separated DNA fragments, when stained with ethidium bromide, can be seen in visible light. |