Question

Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait:

A. insect resistance

B. high lysine (essential amino acid) content

C. high protein content

D. high vitamin-$$A$$ content

Answer : high vitamin-$$A$$ content

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Releted Question 1

In RNAi, the genes are silenced using :

A. ds - DNA

B. ds - RNA

C. ss - DNA

D. ss - RNA

Releted Question 2

Which of the following is true for Golden rice?

A. It is vitamin $$A$$ enriched, with a gene from daffodil

B. It is pest resistant, with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

C. It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector

D. It has yellow grains, because of a gene introduced from a primitive variety of rice

Releted Question 3

What triggers activation of protoxin to active Bt toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in boll worm?

A. Body temperature

B. Moist surface of midgut

C. Alkaline pH of gut

D. Acidic pH of stomach

Releted Question 4

The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/ tolerant to :

A. Bacteria

B. Insects

C. Herbicides

D. Fungi

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