The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:

1. Insulin

2. Estrogen

3. Thyroxin

4. Progesterone

Subtopic:  Med Applications & Humulin |
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AIPMT - 2014
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Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers?

1. Cotton 2. Brinjal
3. Soybean 4. Maize
Subtopic:  Bt Crops |
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AIPMT - 2013
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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
Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
 96%
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AIPMT - 2012
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Which one of the following is commonly used in the transfer of foreign DNA into crop plants?

1. Trichoderma harzianum

2. Meloidogyne incognita

3. Agro bacterium tumefaciens

4. Penicillium expansum

Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech |
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AIPMT - 2009
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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

Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications | Other GM Crops |
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AIPMT - 2009
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Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in:

1. alleviation of vitamin-A deficiency

2. pest resistance

3. herbicide tolerance

4. producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications | Other GM Crops |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Microbes found to be very useful in genetic engineering are:

1. Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

2. Vibrio cholerae and a tailed bacteriophage

3. Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.

4. Crown gall bacterium and caenorhabditis elegans

Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech | Other GM Crops |
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AIPMT - 2006
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The protein a -1 antitrypsin is used to treat which of the following diseases?

1. Cancer
2. Rheumatoid arthritis
3. Emphysema
4. ADA deficiency disease in children

Subtopic:  Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel:

1. Bio metallurgical technique

2. Bio mineralization processes

4. Bio insecticidal plants

4. Bio fertilizers

Subtopic:  Bt Crops |
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The mobile genetic element is:

1. transposon

2. mutation

3. endonuclease

4. variation

Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech |
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