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Some steps involved in the production of genetically engineered insulin are given below. Choose the correct sequence.

(i) Isolation of the insulin gene from a cell.

(ii) Culturing recombinant bacteria in the medium.

(iii) Insertion of the human insulin gene into a plasmid.

(iv) Introduction of the recombinant plasmid into bacteria.

(v) Production of active insulin.

(vi) Extraction of a recombinant gene product from the culture medium.

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Important Questions on Biotechnology and Its Applications

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Figure given below depict the procedure for gene therapy. Pick up the disorders for which this technique has been applied successfully.
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Read the following steps which are followed during the process of gene therapy while treating a patient of SCID. Arrange these steps in an order.
(i) Retrovirus infects lymphocytes extracted from bone marrow of the patient and cultured.
(ii) Engineered cells are injected into patient's bone marrow.
(iii) Normal allele is inserted into a retrovirus.
(iv) Retrovirus makes a DNA copy of its RNA. This DNA carrying the normal allele gets inserted into the chromosome of the host cell.
Arrange the above given steps in correct sequence and select the correct option.

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Which of the following is incorrect?
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NaCl is harmful to most crop plants. A scientist at the University of Toronto genetically modified a plant so that it could be grown in dry parts of the world where the available water has a high level of NaCl. This genetically modified plant copes with the high levels of NaCl by transporting salt into its vacuoles where it accumulates to abnormally high levels. Which feature would be observed in the genetically modified plant when compared to a non-modified plant?
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Which of the following statements regarding gene therapy is/are correct?
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There was great excitement around the world when the sheep 'Dolly' was cloned using a nucleus derived from an adult cell of its 'mother' which was then transplanted into an enucleated egg. There is also excitement when it is announced that genes causing human diseases, like muscular dystrophy, have been cloned. Which statement about these two examples of cloning is correct?
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Study the following statements and select the incorrect ones.
(i) 'Bt' in 'Bt cotton' indicates that it is a genetically modified crop produced through biotechnology.
(ii) The anticoagulant 'hirudin' is being produced from transgenic Brassica napus seeds.
(iii) 'Flavr Savr' transgenic tomatoes remain fresh for a longer period than the normal tomato variety.
(iv) Golden rice is a transgenic variety of Oryza sativa, which is rich in beta-carotene and helps to prevent night blindness.
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Which of the following statements are correct regarding the process of RNA interference?
(i) This is used to prevent the infestation of protozoans.
(ii) It takes place in some eukaryotic and all prokaryotic organisms as a method of cellular defense.
(iii) The method involves silencing of a specific mRNA due to a complementary dsRNA molecule.
(iv) It is a novel strategy to produce pest-resistant plants.