The critical research areas of biotechnology include all the following except:
1. Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organism usually a microbe or pure enzyme.
2. Creating optimal conditions through engineering for a catalyst to act.
3. Downstream processing technologies to purify the protein/organic compound.
4. Development of new genetically modified microbes that can be used as bio-weapons.

Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications | Transgenic Microbes & Animals | Ethical Issues |
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Increased yield of crop during the green revolution was due to:
I. Use of improved crop varieties
II. Use of better management practices
III. Use of agrochemicals [fertilisers and pesticides]
 
1. Only I 2. Only I and III
3. Only I and II 4. I, II and III
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I: Use of genetically modified crops is an important option for increasing food production in the future.
Statement II: Agrochemicals are too expensive for farmers in the developing world.
 
1. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect  
4. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Conventional breeding is not the answer if we want to increase yield in the existing crop varieties.
Reason (R): The existing crop varieties have evolved into new species and traditional hybridisation is not possible now.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
1. Both (A) and (R) are False.
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) explains (A).
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All the following are possible today with the use of GM crops except:
1. More tolerance to abiotic stresses
2. Alternative resources to industries
3. Increased efficiency of mineral usage by plants
4. Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I: Bt toxin is more environmentally friendly than synthetic pesticides.
Statement II: Expression of Bt toxin gene in plants provide resistance of certain insects.
 
1. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I 
4. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
Subtopic:  Bt Crops |
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Consider the two statements:
I: Any Bt toxin gene isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis can be used to create GM crops resistant to all insects.
II: Bt toxins do not have specificity for any insect groups.
 
1. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I.
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I.  
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
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A transgenic tobacco plant was created to make it resistant to:
1. a nematode, Meloidogyne incognita.
2. a nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans.
3. a trematode, Clonorchis sinensis.
4. a cestode, Taenia sloium.
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The source of complementary RNA for RNAi in a eukaryotic cell could be:
I: An infection by viruses having RNA genomes
II: Mobile genetic elements that replicate via an RNA intermediate
III: Integration of phage DNA into the main chromosomal DNA of a eukaryotic cell
 
1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): In most cases, recombinant therapeutics are safer than similar products isolated from non-human sources.
Reason (R): Recombinant therapeutics do not induce unwanted immunological responses.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) correctly explains (A).
2. (A) is true but (R) is false.
3. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (A).
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
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