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Biotechnology and its Applications · Question 41

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1

Which body of the Government of India regulates GM research and safety of introducing GM organisms for public services ?

  1. Research Committee on Genetic Manipulation
  2. Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
  3. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  4. Bio-safety committee

Answer

(2) Genetic Engineering Approval Committee

Solution

As per NCERT, the Indian Government has set up organisations such as GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee).

⇒ GEAC makes decisions regarding the validity of GM research and the safety of introducing GM organisms for public services.

∴ The body is the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee.

Answer: (2)

AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

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The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/tolerant to :

  1. Bacteria
  2. Herbicides
  3. Fungi
  4. Insects
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  1. Estrogen
  2. Insulin
  3. Thyroxin
  4. Progesterone
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Which of the following Bt crops is being grown in India by the farmers ?

  1. Soybean
  2. Cotton
  3. Brinjal
  4. Maize
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  1. Interference of RNA in synthesis of DNA
  2. Synthesis of cDNA from RNA using reverse transcriptase
  3. Synthesis of mRNA from DNA
  4. Silencing of specific mRNA due to complementary RNA
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  1. Ti plasmid
  2. Cosmid
  3. Ri plasmid
  4. Adenovirus
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Tobacco plants resistant to a nematode have been developed by the introduction of DNA that produced (in the host cells) :

  1. An antifeedant
  2. A toxic protein
  3. Both sense and anti-sense RNA
  4. A particular hormone
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  1. Rheumatoid arthritis
  2. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
  3. Diabetes mellitus
  4. Chicken pox
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  1. Probe
  2. Selectable marker
  3. Vector
  4. Plasmid
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  1. Flavr Savr tomato
  2. Canola
  3. Bt-brinjal
  4. Golden rice
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  1. is activated by acid pH of the foregut of the insect pest.
  2. binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it
  3. is coded by several genes including the gene cry
  4. does not kill the carrier bacterium which is itself resistant to this toxin
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