Which of the following is not a critical research area of biotechnology

1. Providing a best catalyst in the form of improved organism usually microbe or pure enzyme
2. Creating optimal conditions through engineering for a catalyst to act
3. Downstream processing technologies to purify the protein or organic compound
4. Upstream processing of all the activated antibodies and plasminogens in plant body
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Transgenic plants are the ones

1. Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field
2. Produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium
3. Generated by introducing foreign DNA in to a cell and generating a plant from that cell
4. Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium
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The options that can be thought for increasing food production include-
1. Agro-chemical based agriculture
2. Organic agriculture
3. Genetically engineered crop based agriculture
4. All of these
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Genetic modification is useful in all of the given ways, except 
1. Reduced reliance on chemical pesticides 
2. Enhanced nutritional value of food 
3. Made crops more sensitive to abiotic stresses 
4. Helped to reduce post harvest losses
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Which of the following cannot be considered as benefit of genetically modified organisms?
1. Tolerance to abiotic stresses
2. Heavy reliance on chemical pesticides
3. Increased efficiency of mineral usage
4. Enhanced nutritional value 
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The introduction of t-DNA into plant involves 

1. Allowing the plant roots to stand in water
2. Infection of the plant by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
3. Altering the pH of the soil, then heat-shocking the plants
4. Exposing the plants to cold for a brief period
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What was the main reason for the increased crop yields during the Green Revolution?
1. Use of genetically modified crops
2. Improved crop varieties along with better management practices and agrochemicals
3. Exclusive reliance on organic farming methods
4. Reduction in human population growth
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Which of the following is not an advantage of GM crops?
1. Increased crop tolerance to salt in soil
2. Increased reliance on chemical pesticides
3. Reduction in post-harvest losses
4. Increased efficiency of mineral usage
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are those in which genes have been:
1. rearranged by mutation breeding
2. altered by human manipulation
3. exchanged through hybridisation
4. modified only by natural selection
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Which of the following is a major limitation of the first Green Revolution?
1. Increased crop diversity
2. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
3. Reduced water consumption
4. Lower crop yields



 
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