Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are not correct about ‘golden rice’?

  1. It is a rice variety obtained by plant tissue culture.
  2. This variety of rice was developed by Ingo Potricus and Peter Beyer.
  3. The name ‘golden rice’ is given to it because it contains traces of gold.
  4. Golden rice is aimed at curbing vitamin A deficiency.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 1 and 4

  4. 2 and 3

  5. 2 and 4
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because golden rice is a rice variety obtained by recombinant DNA technology and the name ‘golden rice’ is given to it because the seeds are golden yellow in colour due to the presence of β–carotene.

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