| Assertion(A): | The Green Revolution succeeded in tripling the food supply. |
| Reason (R): | Use of genetically modified crops was primarily responsible for the success of green revolution. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
| Assertion(A): | Insulin isolated from other cattle or pigs is not as effective as that secreted by the human body itself. |
| Reason (R): | Insulin isolated from other cattle or pigs will elicit an immune response in the human body |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
| Assertion(A): | The main challenge for production of insulin using rDNA techniques was getting insulin assembled into a mature form. |
| Reason (R): | Insulin consists of two short polypeptide chains: chain A and chain B, that are linked together by disulphide bridges. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
| Assertion (A): | The milk produced by the first transgenic cow, Rosie, was nutritionally a more balanced product for human babies than natural cow-milk. |
| Reason (R): | The first transgenic cow, Rosie, produced human lactose-enriched milk. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
| 1. | Norman Borlaug is considered as father of green revolution |
| 2. | Green revolution leads to enhanced production of wheat and rice |
| 3. | Techniques used during green revolution led to tripling of the yield |
| 4. | Use of biofertilizers, biopesticides was promoted heavily during green revolution |
| (A) | It is a method of cellular defense in all prokaryotic organisms. |
| (B) | This method has been used to make nematode resistant tobacco plants. |
| (C) | It is a post translational method of silencing of genes. |
| 1. | Decrease their susceptibility to diseases for research purposes. |
| 2. | Produce substances that are useful for medical applications. |
| 3. | Decrease their growth rate to study developmental processes. |
| 4. | Reproduce through asexual means, increasing population uniformity. |
| Assertion (A): | Gene therapy is a method of treating a disorder but cannot cure it. |
| Reason (R): | Cells are drawn from a patient and the functional gene is introduced into these cells and transferred back to the patient. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | Gene therapy for ADA deficiency can provide a permanent cure. |
| Reason (R): | Inserting a functional ADA gene into a patient's circulating lymphocytes cells enables the production of the enzyme for entire life of the patient. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |