Biofortification- is the most practical means to improve public health

1. Breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals

2. Breeding crops with higher proteins

3. Breeding crops with healthier Fats

4. All of these

In 2000, maize hybrids that had

1. Twice the amino acids lysine and tryptophan than existing maize hybrids were developed

2. Thrice the amino acids lysine and tryptophan than existing maize hybrids were developed

3. Half the amino acids glutamate and tryptophan than existing maize hybrids were developed

4. Twice the amino acids glutamate and tryptophan than existing maize hybrids were developed

Atlas 66 is not associated with

1. A variety of wheat

2. Having high protein content

3. Has been used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat

4. Has more amount of Nitrogen

Commonly consumed rice varieties have……. The iron content of Iron-fortified rice variety.

1. Twice

2. Thrice

3. One fifth

4. One third

IARI, New Delhi has not released which of the following crops

1. Vitamin A enriched carrots, spinach, pumpkin

2. Vitamin C enriched bitter gourd, bathua, mustard, tomato

3. Iron and calcium enriched spinach and bathua

4. Protein enriched spinach

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.

The reduction in lifespan, reduction in mental abilities, increased risk of disease may not result by which of the following deficiency?

1. Iron, Zinc

2. Vitamin A

3. Iodine

4. Molybdenum

Which of the following is not correct?

1. More than 840 million people in the world do not have adequate food to meet their daily food and nutritional requirements.

2. Three billion people suffer from micronutrient, protein and vitamin deficiencies or hidden hunger because they are not able to buy enough fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish and meat

3. High Aspartate, low sugar content and high nitrogen content in maize leads to resistance to maize stem borers.

4. Breeding methods for insect pest resistance involve the same steps as those for any other agronomic trait such as yield or quality.

The resistance to maize stem borers is not caused by

1. High Aspartate

2. Low Nitrogen

3. Low sugar content

4. High Glutamate

Smooth leaved and nectar-less cotton varieties

1. Attract bollworms

2. Do not attract bollworms

3. Attract aphids

4. Do not attract aphids