Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using genetically modified (GM) crops in agriculture?
Enhanced nutritional value
Increased crop yield
Increased susceptibility to pests
Reduced reliance on pesticides
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit associated with golden rice?
Increased Vitamin A intake
Reduced Vitamin A deficiency
Increased iron content
Improved nutritional value
Prior to the fusion process in somatic hybridization, plant cells are treated to remove their:
Cell membranes
Nuclei
Cell walls
Chloroplasts
What is the primary advantage of growing Bt cotton compared to conventional cotton?
Increased water requirement
Higher fertilizer demand
Enhanced susceptibility to other pests
Reduced insecticide use
The process of RNA interference has been used to make tobacco plant resistant to
Bacillus thuringiens is
Meloidogyne incognita
Flies and mosquitoes
Both 1 and 2
Which of the following ways are suitable for increasing food production?
I. Agrochemical based agriculture
II. Organic agriculture
III. Genetically engineered crop-based agriculture
Choose the correct option
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II and III
Probiotics are
Live microbial food supplement
Safe antibiotics
Cancer inducing microbes
New kind of food allergens
What activates the protoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis into an active toxin within the gut of a bollworm?
Alkaline pH of the gut
Acidic pH of the gut
Presence of specific enzymes in the gut
Sunlight
A genetically engineered microorganism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is a species of?
Pseudomonas
Trichoderma
Xauthromonas
Bacillus
The vector for T-DNA is
Thermos aquaticus
Salmonella typhimurium
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Escherichia coli
Transposons are known as?
Jumping genes
Mobile genetic element
Non mobile genetic elements
Both 1 and 2
