Q. No.In India, the organization responsible for assessing the safety of introducing genetically modified organisms for public use is:
1.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
2.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
3.
Research Committee on Genetic Manipulation (RCGM)
4.
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)
A 'new variety of rice was patented by a foreign company through such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to the?
1. Co-667
2. Sharbati Sonora
3. Lerma Rojo
4. Basmati
Use of bioresources by multinational companies and organizations without authorization from the concerned country and its people is called?
1. Bio-infringement
2. Biopiracy
3. Biodegradation
4. Bio-exploitation
Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for the biosynthesis of:
| 1. | Vitamin-B | 2. | Vitamin-C |
| 3. | Omega 3 | 4. | Vitamin-A |
The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:
1. Insulin
2. Estrogen
3. Thyroxin
4. Progesterone
Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers?
| 1. | Cotton | 2. | Brinjal |
| 3. | Soybean | 4. | Maize |
Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin-A deficiency?
| 1. | Flaver savr tomato | 2. | Canolla |
| 3. | Golden rice | 4. | Bt-brinjal |
Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing:
| 1. | transgenic mice for testing the safety of polio vaccine before use in humans |
| 2. | transgenic models for studying new treatments for certain cardiac disease |
| 3. | transgenic Cow-Rosie which produces high-fat milk for making ghee |
| 4. | Animals like bulls for farm work as they have super power |
The genetic defect-Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency may be cured permanently by:
| 1. | periodic infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes having functional ADA cDNA |
| 2. | administering adenosine deaminase activators |
| 3. | introducing bone marrow cells producing ADA into cells at early embryonic stages |
| 4. | invitro cell culture therapy |
Transgenic plants are:
| 1. | produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium |
| 2. | generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and regenerating a plant from that cell |
| 3. | Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium |
| 4. | grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field |
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