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
Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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Microbes found to be very useful in genetic engineering are:

1. Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

2. Vibrio cholerae and a tailed bacteriophage

3. Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.

4. Crown gall bacterium and caenorhabditis elegans

Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech | Other GM Crops |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in:

1. alleviation of vitamin-A deficiency

2. pest resistance

3. herbicide tolerance

4. producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications | Other GM Crops |
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Tailor made plants will supply which of the following alternative resources to industries

(1) Golden rice

(2) Starches

(3) Maize

(4) Pesticide

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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Mark the incorrect statement:

1. By using Agrobacterium vectors nematode specific genes were introduced into the host plant.
2. Bacillus thuringiensis forms protein crystals during a particular phase of growth.
3. C-peptide is not present in mature insulin and is removed during maturation into insulin.
4. All vectors naturally contain antibiotic-resistance gene.
Subtopic:  Bt Crops | Other GM Crops | Med Applications & Humulin |
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Which of the following is / are product(s) of genetic engineering:

A. Humulin

B. Hepatitis B vaccine prepared by yeast

C. Golden rice

D. Bt cotton

(1) A, B

(2) B, C

(3) A, B, C

(4) A, B, C, D

Subtopic:  Bt Crops | Other GM Crops | Vaccines |
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Which of the following is correct?

(1) The procedure for chemical safety testing / toxicity is the same as that used for testing toxicity of drugs

(2) Transgenic animals are more sensitive to the toxic substances than non-transgenic animals

(3)  Golden rice, a genetically engineered rice has high vitamin A (β-carotene) content

(4) All are correct

Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications | Other GM Crops | Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
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Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table?

(i) Golden rice Transgenic rice Vitamin A enriched
(ii) Flavr savr Transgenic tobacco Delayed ripening
(iii) Bt-cotton Transgenic cotton Bacterial and viral resistance
(iv) Rosie Transgenic cow  milk contained human alpha antitrypsin

1. i and ii

2. ii, iii and iv

3. ii and iii

4. Only iii

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops | Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
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