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. |
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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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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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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. |
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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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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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 |
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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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1. | a nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. |
2. | a nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. |
3. | a trematode, Clonorchis sinensis. |
4. | a cestode, Taenia sloium. |
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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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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. |
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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