Q. No.Main objective of production / use of herbicide resistant GM crops is to
1. Encourage eco-friendly herbicides
2. Reduce herbicide accumulation in food articles for health safety
3. Eliminate weeds from the fields without the use of manual labour
4. Eliminate weeds from the fields without the use of herbicides
The genetically-modified (GM) brinjal in India has been developed for
1. Enhancing shelf life
2. Enhancing mineral content
3. Drought-resistance
4. Insect-resistance
Which of the following explains why production of transgenic plants is easier than production of transgenic animals?
1. Plant cells can grow in cell culture.
2. Plant cells have a lower number of potentially lethal genes.
3. Plant cells are totipotent.
4. Production of mutant plants poses less ethical dilemmas than production of mutant animals.
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Genetically engineered microorganism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is
1. Trichoderma
2. Xanthomonas
3. Bacillus
4. Pseudomonas putida
Which of the following is true for Golden rice?
| 1. | It has yellow grains, because of gene introduced from a primitive variety of rice |
| 2. | It is Vitamin A enriched, with a gene from daffodil |
| 3. | It is pest resistant, with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis |
| 4. | It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector |
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An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice
1. Gives high yield and is rich in vitamin A
2. Is completely resistant to all insect pests and diseases of paddy
3. Gives high yield but has no characteristic aroma
4. Does not require chemical fertilizers and growth hormones
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Shelf life of tomato has been increased by genetic engineering. This tomato has been given the name:
1. Quorn
2. Flavr Savr
3. Pruteen
4. Free Martin
A transgenic food crop which may help in solving the problem of night blindness in developing countries is
1. Bt Soybean
2. Golden Rice
3. Flavr Savr Tomatoes
4. Starlink Maize
Golden rice will help in -
1. Producing petrol-like fuel
2. Pest resistance
3. Herbicide tolerance
4. Alleviation of vitamin A deficiency
Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for biosynthesis of :
1. Vitamin C
2. Omega 3
3. Vitamin A
4. Vitamin B
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