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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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

Subtopic:  Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
 88%
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AIPMT - 2010
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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
Subtopic:  Gene Therapy |
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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 |
 87%
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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 |
 88%
From NCERT
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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Which of the following is true for Golden rice?

1. It has yellow grains, because of gene introduced from a primitive variety of rice
2. It is Vitamin A enriched, with a gene from daffodil
3. It is pest resistant, with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
4. It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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NEET - 2019
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The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:

1. Insulin

2. Estrogen

3. Thyroxin

4. Progesterone

Subtopic:  Med Applications & Humulin |
 97%
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AIPMT - 2014
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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
Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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NEET - 2015
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