set 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

Consider the following statements and choose the correct ones using the codes given below.

1. The flavr-savr tomato was the first genetically engineered crop product to be commercialised.
2. Ripe fruits of flavr-savr remain firm for longer duration and can be transported to market after vine-ripening.
3. Ripe fruits of flavr-savr have colour but not the full array of vine ripened tomato flavours.

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1 and 3

Question : 3

Amniocentesis is a method used to determine the

a) Sequence of amino acids in protein

b) Foetal sex

c) Kind of amino acids

d) Type of hormones

Question : 4

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 : 5

The micro-organism which is associated with the production of Bt cotton is a

a) Blue-green algae

b) Fungus

c) Bacterium

d) Virus

Question : 6

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