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Golden rice is a variety of rice grown along the Yellow River in China.

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Important Questions on Biotechnology and its Applications

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The crops engineered with Bt-toxin are resistant/tolerant to:
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Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidogyne incognita?
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In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin due to:
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Bt cotton variety that was developed by the introduction of toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is resistant to
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Name the various fields in which the science of bioinformatics is applied.
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What triggers activation of protoxin to active Bt toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in a boll worm?
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Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for the biosynthesis of
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Assertion (A): Bt toxin exists as inactive prototoxin but once an insect ingests the inactive toxin, it is converted into an active form of toxin.

Reason (R):  Protoxin gets activated in insect gut due to the acidic pH in the gut, which solubilises the protein crystals.

The correct answer is:

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What is the utility of biotechnology in agriculture?
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The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:
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Which of the following is the first step for genetically modifying an organism?
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How does Eli Lilly American company produce human insulin by preparing two DNA sequences? Explain with diagram.
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Assertion (A) : Transgenic Golden Rice is rich in Vitamin A and prevents blindness.

Reason (R) : It is obtained from "Taiwan"

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Which of the following is involved in silencing specific mRNA?
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The correct combination pair of given strategies in the area of health care developed by the rDNA technological processes.

(I) ELISA Antigen-antibody interaction
(II) RNA interference Cellular defence
(III) PCR Gene therapy
(IV) Transgenic potato Pseudomonas resistance
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Assertion (A): cry is insect group specific gene of Bt cotton
Reason (R):  cry IAc and cry IIAb controls the cotton boll worms
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Write any three genetically engineered products and mention their functions.
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Illustrate the mechanism by which Dolly, the sheep was born.
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Explain the steps involved in the production of human insulin by recombinant DNA technology.