Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

79 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

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  • 132 questions
  • 36 papers
  • 3.74% of Biology

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79 topics · 132 questions
  1. 1Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2.3%3 questionsPractise Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  2. 2Selectable Markers - Blue-White Screening0.8%1 questionPractise Selectable Markers - Blue-White Screening
  3. 3Bioreactors2.3%3 questionsPractise Bioreactors
  4. 4Gel Electrophoresis3.8%5 questionsPractise Gel Electrophoresis
  5. 5Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology3.8%5 questionsPractise Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology
  6. 6Blue-White Screening Method0.8%1 questionPractise Blue-White Screening Method
  7. 7Restriction Enzymes and Recognition Sequences0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction Enzymes and Recognition Sequences
  8. 8Fate of Foreign DNA in a Recipient Organism0.8%1 questionPractise Fate of Foreign DNA in a Recipient Organism
  9. 9Somatic Hybridization Technique1.5%2 questionsPractise Somatic Hybridization Technique
  10. 10pBR322 Cloning Vector - rop and ori Genes0.8%1 questionPractise pBR322 Cloning Vector - rop and ori Genes
  11. 11Bioreactors and Large-scale Production0.8%1 questionPractise Bioreactors and Large-scale Production
  12. 12Ti Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens0.8%1 questionPractise Ti Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  13. 13Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology – Gel Electrophoresis3%4 questionsPractise Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology – Gel Electrophoresis
  14. 14Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – Introducing DNA into Host0.8%1 questionPractise Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – Introducing DNA into Host
  15. 15Isolation of the Genetic Material (DNA)2.3%3 questionsPractise Isolation of the Genetic Material (DNA)
  16. 16Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology0.8%1 questionPractise Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology
  17. 17Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology – Vectors0.8%1 questionPractise Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology – Vectors
  18. 18PCR and Selectable Markers0.8%1 questionPractise PCR and Selectable Markers
  19. 19Restriction Enzymes and Palindromic Sequences0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction Enzymes and Palindromic Sequences
  20. 20Restriction Enzymes11%15 questionsPractise Restriction Enzymes
  21. 21Cloning Vectors6.8%9 questionsPractise Cloning Vectors
  22. 22Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – PCR2.3%3 questionsPractise Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – PCR
  23. 23Cloning Vectors – Insertional Inactivation0.8%1 questionPractise Cloning Vectors – Insertional Inactivation
  24. 24Cloning Vectors – Origin of Replication0.8%1 questionPractise Cloning Vectors – Origin of Replication
  25. 25Restriction Enzymes and Other Enzymes0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction Enzymes and Other Enzymes
  26. 26Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – Bioreactors0.8%1 questionPractise Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology – Bioreactors
  27. 27Restriction endonucleases0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction endonucleases
  28. 28Vectors and tools in biotechnology0.8%1 questionPractise Vectors and tools in biotechnology
  29. 29Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) steps0.8%1 questionPractise Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) steps
  30. 30Gel electrophoresis and DNA visualization0.8%1 questionPractise Gel electrophoresis and DNA visualization
  31. 31pBR322 vector - restriction sites and antibiotic resistance genes0.8%1 questionPractise pBR322 vector - restriction sites and antibiotic resistance genes
  32. 32Restriction enzymes and recombinant DNA technology0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction enzymes and recombinant DNA technology
  33. 33pBR322 cloning vector - restriction sites0.8%1 questionPractise pBR322 cloning vector - restriction sites
  34. 34Restriction endonuclease EcoRI0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction endonuclease EcoRI
  35. 35RNA interference (RNAi)0.8%1 questionPractise RNA interference (RNAi)
  36. 36Techniques and instruments in biotechnology0.8%1 questionPractise Techniques and instruments in biotechnology
  37. 37Gel electrophoresis - separation of DNA fragments0.8%1 questionPractise Gel electrophoresis - separation of DNA fragments
  38. 38Role of antibiotic resistance genes0.8%1 questionPractise Role of antibiotic resistance genes
  39. 39Discovery of restriction endonucleases0.8%1 questionPractise Discovery of restriction endonucleases
  40. 40Restriction enzyme digestion0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction enzyme digestion
  41. 41DNA isolation - spooling0.8%1 questionPractise DNA isolation - spooling
  42. 42Taq polymerase in PCR0.8%1 questionPractise Taq polymerase in PCR
  43. 43pBR322 vector - restriction sites within resistance genes0.8%1 questionPractise pBR322 vector - restriction sites within resistance genes
  44. 44Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a gene delivery vector0.8%1 questionPractise Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a gene delivery vector
  45. 45Tools and vectors in genetic engineering0.8%1 questionPractise Tools and vectors in genetic engineering
  46. 46Restriction enzymes as molecular scissors0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction enzymes as molecular scissors
  47. 47Restriction enzymes and sticky ends0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction enzymes and sticky ends
  48. 48Separation of DNA fragments - gel electrophoresis0.8%1 questionPractise Separation of DNA fragments - gel electrophoresis
  49. 49Isolation of genetic material1.5%2 questionsPractise Isolation of genetic material
  50. 50Methods of introducing alien DNA into host cells0.8%1 questionPractise Methods of introducing alien DNA into host cells
  51. 51Agarose gel electrophoresis0.8%1 questionPractise Agarose gel electrophoresis
  52. 52Tools of recombinant DNA technology - enzymes0.8%1 questionPractise Tools of recombinant DNA technology - enzymes
  53. 53Cloning vectors - pBR3220.8%1 questionPractise Cloning vectors - pBR322
  54. 54Cloning vectors - selectable markers1.5%2 questionsPractise Cloning vectors - selectable markers
  55. 55Nucleases1.5%2 questionsPractise Nucleases
  56. 56Polymerase chain reaction2.3%3 questionsPractise Polymerase chain reaction
  57. 57Cloning vectors - plasmids3%4 questionsPractise Cloning vectors - plasmids
  58. 58Features of cloning vectors0.8%1 questionPractise Features of cloning vectors
  59. 59Downstream processing1.5%2 questionsPractise Downstream processing
  60. 60Gel electrophoresis – charge on DNA0.8%1 questionPractise Gel electrophoresis – charge on DNA
  61. 61Gel electrophoresis – visualisation0.8%1 questionPractise Gel electrophoresis – visualisation
  62. 62PCR – Taq polymerase0.8%1 questionPractise PCR – Taq polymerase
  63. 63Bioreactors – stirred-tank0.8%1 questionPractise Bioreactors – stirred-tank
  64. 64Tools of rDNA technology – DNA ligase0.8%1 questionPractise Tools of rDNA technology – DNA ligase
  65. 65Restriction enzymes – blunt and sticky ends0.8%1 questionPractise Restriction enzymes – blunt and sticky ends
  66. 66Tools of rDNA technology0.8%1 questionPractise Tools of rDNA technology
  67. 67Gene transfer in plants0.8%1 questionPractise Gene transfer in plants
  68. 68Selectable markers0.8%1 questionPractise Selectable markers
  69. 69Isolation of DNA0.8%1 questionPractise Isolation of DNA
  70. 70Gene transfer methods0.8%1 questionPractise Gene transfer methods
  71. 71Methods of gene transfer1.5%2 questionsPractise Methods of gene transfer
  72. 72Principles of biotechnology0.8%1 questionPractise Principles of biotechnology
  73. 73Separation and isolation of DNA fragments1.5%2 questionsPractise Separation and isolation of DNA fragments
  74. 74Agrobacterium as a Natural Genetic Engineer0.8%1 questionPractise Agrobacterium as a Natural Genetic Engineer
  75. 75Cloning Vectors: Ti Plasmid0.8%1 questionPractise Cloning Vectors: Ti Plasmid
  76. 76Agrobacterium as Vector0.8%1 questionPractise Agrobacterium as Vector
  77. 77Plasmids as Vectors0.8%1 questionPractise Plasmids as Vectors
  78. 78Plasmids0.8%1 questionPractise Plasmids
  79. 79Agrobacterium as a Vector0.8%1 questionPractise Agrobacterium as a Vector

Questions per paper

Asked in 16 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 6 questions
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 4 questions
  3. 2025: 6 questions
  4. 2024: 6 questions
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 6 questions
  6. 2023: 5 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: 5 questions
  8. 2022: 5 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 5 questions
  10. 2021: 7 questions
  11. 2020: 6 questions
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 6 questions
  13. 2019: 3 questions
  14. 2019 Odisha: 5 questions
  15. 2018: 1 question
  16. 2017: 5 questions

Concepts tested

  • Gel electrophoresis 5
  • ethanol precipitation of DNA 3
  • Palindromic sequence 3
  • Biolistics 2
  • ethidium bromide staining 2
  • Insertional Inactivation 2
  • Isolation of genetic material 2
  • Molecular scissors 2
  • palindromic recognition sequences 2
  • Steps of PCR 2
  • Agarose gel electrophoresis
  • Agarose Gel Separation
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a gene delivery vector
  • Agrobacterium-mediated transfer
  • applications of PCR
  • biolistics (gene gun)
  • Bioreactor Components
  • bioreactors