Department of
biotechnology-Biotechnology Eligibility Test (DBT-BET-JRF) an exam exclusively
for biotechnology students in India. If you are a post graduate in
Biotechnology, this is your exam and don’t miss it. The exam is conducted by
Department of Biotechnology exclusively for Biotechnology students across India.
The number of post graduates in biotechnology is on the rise and after your PG
the default option is CSIR-UGC-JRF-NET exam where you have to compete with
students from all streams of life science. In that exam also you may not be
familiar with questions from basic sciences like botany or zoology where you
have to look into lot of areas in biology in order to get through. Actually, you
don’t have an advantage in having a PG in biotechnology that often demands good
expenditure. With this background, this is the only exam where you get questions
only from your subject.
Biotechnology students should have
some exams.
Why you should write this
exam?
If you qualify this exam, you
will be getting a fellowship amount as similar as CSIR/UGC-JRF 16000/- for the
first two years. You have to submit the progress report every second year. At
the end of second year, you have to conduct a JRF assessment. Remember, for
lectureship eligibility still you have to qualify NET.
Exam pattern:
Total Marks: 300
Duration: 2.30 Hours
All questions (50 Questions)
in Section A are compulsory. Each question carries 3 marks; for every
wrong answer, one mark will be deducted.
Sample questions:
Section A
1. The amino acid sequence of
a novel membrane protein contains four immunoglobulin like domains and six
fibronectin like repeats. This protein is most likely a
(A) hormone responsive ion channel(B) cell adhesion molecule(C) G-protein(D) transcription factor
2. In a population of 200
individuals which is at equilibrium, the frequency of one of the alleles under
study is 0.11. What is the expected frequency of heterozygous
individual?
(A) 0.89(B) 0.0979(C) 0.1958(D) 0.842
Sample
questions:Section B
Answer any 50 questions out of 200
questions from Section B. In case more than 50 are attempted, first 50 will
be considered.Each question carries 3 marks; for every wrong answer, one mark
will be deducted.
1.In a microbial system, how are
true and apparent growth yields related?
(A) True growth yield is more than apparent growth yield(B) True growth yield is less than apparent growth yield(C) True growth yield is equal to apparent growth yield(D) True growth yield and apparent growth yield are not related at all
2. In a CSTR system, at steady
state, which one of the following is true?
(A) Only product concentration remains constant(B) Only substrate concentration remains constant(C) Cell mass and substrate concentration remain constant(D) Cell mass, substrate and product concentration remain constant
3. For a new chemical entity, to
be a good enzyme inhibitor, it should have a
(A) higher dissociation constant [ Ki ] for enzyme–inhibitor complex(B) lower dissociation constant [ Ki ] for enzyme–inhibitor complex(C) competitive type of inhibition(D) uncompetitive type of inhibition
Useful Links:
- BET-Syllabus
- Sample Question Paper
- DBT-BET-JRF-Previous Solved Questions
- How to prepare for DBT BET exam