set 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait –

a) High protein content

b) High lysine (essential amino acid) content

c) Insect resistance

d) High vitamin-A content

Question : 2

A genetically engineered form of brinjal, known as the Bt brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is

a) To make it drought resistant

b) To make in pest-resistant

c) To improve its taste and nutritive qualities

d) To make it shell-life longer

Question : 3

Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

a) A – II; B – III; C – IV; D – I

b) A – I; B – IV; C – III; D – II

c) A – IV; B – II; C – III; D – I

d) A – II; B – IV; C – III; D – I

Question : 4

The American multinational company, Monsanto, has produced an insect-resistant cotton variety that is undergoing field trials in India. A toxin gene from which one of the following bacteria has been transferred to this transgenic cotton?

a) Bacillus amyloliquifaciens

b) Bacillus subtilis

c) Bacillus thuringiensis

d) Bacillus globlii

Question : 5

Who has proposed for the first time the double helix model of DNA?

a) Lamark and Darwin

b) Watson and Crick

c) Fisher and Haldoni

d) Hugo de Vries