genetic engineering and bio technology - Category wise Question and Answer Practice Test with Solutions

Question : 11 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008]

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

a) Insulin

b) Vitamin ‘A’

c) Essential Amino Acids

d) Characteristic Starch

Question : 12 [IAS (Pre) 2014]

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 : 13 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

Assertion (A):
Insect resistant transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting Bt gene.
Reason (R):
The Bt gene is derived from a bacterium.
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a) (A) is true, but (R) is false

b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

c) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

d) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Question : 14 [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]

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 : 15 [IAS (Pre) 2017]

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