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 |
Which body of the Government of India regulates GM research and the safety of introducing GM organisms for public services?
In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin due to:
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 |
1. | Synthesis of cDNA from RNA using reverse transcriptase |
2. | Silencing of specific mRNA due to complementary RNA |
3. | Interference of RNA in the synthesis of DNA |
4. | Synthesis of mRNA from DNA |
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 |
A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule is called:
1. | Vector | 2. | Selectable marker |
3. | Plasmid | 4. | Probe |
Tobacco plants resistant to a nematode have been developed by the introduction of DNA that produced (in the host cells):
1. A particular hormone
2. An antifeedant
3. A toxic protein
4. Both sense and anti-sense RNA