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Q. No.| 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. |
The name Genetic Engineering Approval Committee [GEAC] has been changed to:
| 1. | Genetic Engineering Advisory Committee |
| 2. | Genetic Engineering Appellate Committee |
| 3. | Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee |
| 4. | Genetic Engineering Arbitration Committee |
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select the answer from the codes given below:
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Column I |
Column II |
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A. |
Bioprospecting |
a. |
the process of discovery and commercialization of new products based on biological resources |
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B. |
Biopiracy |
b. |
the exploitative patenting of already widely used natural resources, such as plant varieties, by commercial entities |
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C. |
Bioremediation |
c. |
a process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to treat polluted sites for regaining their original condition |
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D. |
Biofortification |
d. |
the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved through agronomic practices, conventional plant breeding, or modern biotechnology |
Codes
| Options: | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | a | b | c | d |
| 2. | a | b | d | c |
| 3. | b | a | c | d |
| 4. | b | a | d | c |
| 1. | There are 27 documented varieties of Basmati grown in India. |
| 2. | In 1997, an American company got patent rights on Basmati rice by biopiracy. |
| 3. | Indian Basmati was crossed with semi-dwarf varieties and claimed as aan invention or a novelty. |
| 4. | There are an estimated 200 varieties of rice in India alone. |
Exploring molecular, genetic, and species-level diversity for products of economic importance unethically appropriated and without fair compensation to indigenous people is called:
| 1. | Bioprospecting | 2. | Bioremediation |
| 3. | Biopiracy | 4. | Biofortification |
| 1. | the exploration of natural sources for small molecules, macromolecules and biochemical and genetic information that could be developed into commercially valuable products. |
| 2. | exploitation of a region's biological resources or indigenous knowledge unethically and without providing fair compensation. |
| 3. | the use of living organisms, like microbes and bacteria, in the removal of contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, water, and other environments |
| 4. | the process of developing a crop with bioavailable micronutrients in its edible parts. |
| Statement I: | The biological significance of manipulation of living organisms by humans is important. |
| Statement II: | Genetic modification of organisms can have unpredictable results when such organisms are introduced into the ecosystem. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
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