Cancer Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

(1) Cancer cells are

[A] BHK

[B] Veo

[C] HL-8

[D] Hela cells

Answer: Hela cells

(2) Cancer is caused by

[A] uncontrolled mitosis

[B] uncontrolled meiosis

[C] rupturing of cells

[D] loss of immunity of the cells

Answer: uncontrolled mitosis

(3) Oncogenes are the cancer causing genes in the cells but they do not express usually. This is because of the presence of

[A] Proto Oncogenes

[B] Tumour Promoters

[C] Tumour Suppressor Genes

[D] Transposons Or Jumping Genes

Answer: Tumour Suppressor Genes

(4) Cancer of β lymphocytes is called

[A] Sarcoma

[B] Melanoma

[C] Myeloma

[D] carcinoma

Answer: Myeloma

(5) Reason of lung cancer is

[A] Coal Mining

[B] Cement Factory

[C] Calcium Fluoride

[D] Bauxite Mining

Answer: Coal Mining

(6) Which on of the following is used in treatment of thyroid cancer?

[A] U-238

[B] I-131

[C] C-14

[D] rA-240

Answer: I-131

(7) Which one of the following genes is involved in the conversion of proto-oncogenes into oncogenes causing cancer?

[A] Metastasis Genes

[B] Angiogenesis Genes

[C] Transposons

[D] Tumour Suppressor Genes

Answer: Tumour Suppressor Genes

(8) Which one of the following cancers does not form a solid neoplasm

[A] Leukemia

[B] Lymphoma

[C] Lipoma

[D] Sarcoma

Answer: Leukemia

(9) Name the cells which lost their control of the regulated division, differentiation, and apoptosis?

[A] Tumor cell

[B] Immune cell

[C] Platelets

[D] Stem cells

Answer: Tumor cell

(10) Name the process by which a malignant cell spread throughout normal cells?

[A] Transformation

[B] Metastasis

[C] Invasiveness

[D] Progression

Answer: Invasiveness

(11) What is the origin of the cancerous cells?

[A] Monoclonal

[B] Polyclonal

[C] Stem cells

[D] Mesodermal cells

Answer: Monoclonal

(12) Name the process of transition from normal cells to cancerous cells?

[A] Ubiquitylation

[B] Polymerization

[C] Transformation

[D] Metastasis

Answer: Transformation

(13) Arrange the following sequences of tumor development in the correct order? 1) Metastasis 2) Progression 3) Promotion 4) Initiation

[A] 2, 3, 4, 1

[B] 4, 3, 2, 1

[C] 1, 2, 3, 4

[D] 1, 3, 4, 2

Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1

(14) Name the genes which directly inhibit cell growth or promote cell death.

[A] Gatekeeper genes

[B] Caretaker genes

[C] Checkpoints

[D] Transcription factors

Answer: Gatekeeper genes

(15) Name the chemical carcinogen which causes prostate cancer.

[A] Radon

[B] Arsenic

[C] Cadmium

[D] Asbestos

Answer: Cadmium

(16) If DNA is damaged, which of the following gene arrest cell cycle?

[A] Rb

[B] p53

[C] Hedgehog receptor

[D] p16

Answer: p53

(17) Which of the following mutation causes Burkitt’s lymphoma?

[A] Point mutation

[B] Chromosomal translocation

[C] Deletion

[D] Duplication

Answer: Chromosomal translocation

(18) What is angiogenesis?

[A] Differentiation process

[B] Growth factors

[C] Contact inhibition

[D] Blood vessel formation

Answer: Blood vessel formation

(19) Which of the following is NOT the type of cancer?

[A] Carcinomas

[B] Sarcomas

[C] Leukemia

[D] Caspases

Answer: Caspases

(20) Which one of the following therapies will involve only the cancerous cells not the normal cells in treatment

[A] Immunotherapy

[B] Surgery

[C] Aromatherapy

[D] Chemotherapy

Answer: Immunotherapy

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