- 1(current)
Q. No.Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
| Assertion (A): | In most cases, recombinant therapeutics are safer than similar products isolated from non-human sources. |
| Reason (R): | Recombinant therapeutics do not induce unwanted immunological responses. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A). |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
Subtopic: Â Med Applications & Humulin |
 88%
Level 1: 80%+
Hints
The first drug produced using recombinant DNA technology is used to treat:
| 1. | haemophilia | 2. | dwarfism |
| 3. | immunodeficiency | 4. | diabetes |
Subtopic: Â Med Applications & Humulin |
 70%
Level 2: 60%+
Hints
C-peptide of human insulin is:
| 1. | A part of mature insulin molecule |
| 2. | Responsible for formation of disulphide bridges |
| 3. | Removed during maturation of pro-insulin to insulin |
| 4. | Responsible for its biological activity |
Subtopic: Â Med Applications & Humulin |
 94%
Level 1: 80%+
Hints
The main challenge for production of insulin using rDNA techniques was:
| 1. | to find a suitable host cell that can perform RNA splicing |
| 2. | isolation of a copy of gene from the human DNA |
| 3. | getting insulin assembled into a mature form |
| 4. | downstream processing |
Subtopic: Â Med Applications & Humulin |
 84%
Level 1: 80%+
Hints
How many of the given statements regarding insulin are correct?
| I: | All diabetics require insulin from the very beginning. |
| II: | Insulin can be given orally to diabetics. |
| III. | Insulin extracted from pancreas of slaughtered cattle and pigs caused some patients to develop allergy. |
| IV. | Recombinant insulin was first prepared by Indian pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy. |
| V. | The two polypeptide chains in the final structure of Insulin are joined by disulfide bonds. |
| VI. | DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chains of human insulin were introduced in plasmids of E.coli to produce insulin chains for preparing recombinant insulin. |
| 1. | 2 | 2. | 3 |
| 3. | 4 | 4. | 5 |
Subtopic: Â Med Applications & Humulin |
 60%
Level 2: 60%+
Hints
- 1(current)
Q. No.
© 2026 GoodEd Technologies Pvt. Ltd.