Multiple choice

A genetically engineered form of brinjal (known as Bt-brinjal) has been developed. Its objective is to

  1. make it pest-resistant

  2. improve its taste and nutritive qualities

  3. make it drought-reistant

  4. make its shelf-life longer

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Explanation

The Bt-brinjal is a suite of transgenic brinjals (also known as an eggplant or aubergine) created by inserting a crystal gene (Cry1Ac) from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into the genome of various brinjal cultivars. The Bt-brinjal has been developed to give resistance against lepidopteron insects.