set 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The first crime ever solved using the DNA fingerprinting technique was in England in the year

a) 1983

b) 1963

c) 1973

d) 1993

Question : 2

What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology?

a) Reproductive cloning of animals

b) Production of biolarvicides

c) Manufacture of biodegradable plastics

d) Production of organisms free of diseases

Question : 3

Change in the base sequence within the gene is called

a) Mutation

b) Breeding

c) Cloning

d) Fusion

Question : 4

Consider the following techniques/ phenomena.

1. Budding and grafting in fruit plants.
2. Cytoplasmic male sterility.
3. Gene silencing.

a) 1 and 3

b) Only 1

c) 2 and 3

d) None

Question : 5

For which desirable character the transgenic crop ‘Golden Rice’ is produced?

a) Insulin

b) Vitamin ‘A’

c) Essential Amino Acids

d) Characteristic Starch

Question : 6

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding vegetative propagation of plants?

1. Vegetative propagation produces clonal population.
2. Vegetative propagation helps in eliminating the virus.
3. Vegetative propagation can be practised most of the year.

a) Only 1 and 3

b) Only 1

c) Only 2 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3