Q. No.Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers?
1.
Cotton
2.
Brinjal
3.
Soybean
4.
Maize
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 |
The genetically-modified (GM) brinjal in India has been developed for:
1. insect-resistance
2. enhancing self-life
3. enhancing mineral content
4. drought-resistance
1. fungi
2. viruses
3. insects
4. nematodes
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 |
Some of the characteristics of Bt cotton are:
| 1. | long fibre and resistance to aphids |
| 2. | medium yield, log fibre, and resistance to beetle pests |
| 3. | high yield and production of toxic protein crystals which kill dipteran pests |
| 4. | high yield and resistance to bollworms |
An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice:
| 1. | does not require chemical fertilizers and growth hormones |
| 2. | gives high yield and is rich in vitamin-A |
| 3. | is completely resistant to all insect pests and diseases of paddy |
| 4. | gives high yield but has no characteristic aroma |
The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used in contemporary biology as a/an:
1. indicator of water pollution
2. insecticide
3. agent for production of dairy products
4. source of industrial enzyme
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