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Match column I containing transgenic organisms with their specific characteristics in column II and select the correct answer from the given codes.
Column I                   Column II
A. Golden rice        (i) Protein-enriched milk
B. Bt cotton            (ii) Increased shelf life
C. Flavr Savr          (iii) Enriched with vitamin A
D. Rosie cow         (iv) High yield and pest resistant

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  1. A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(i)

  2. A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(i)

  3. A-(ii), B-(iv), D-(iii), D-(i)

  4. A-(i_, B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(iii)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Column I                   Column II
A. Golden rice        (iii) Enriched with vitamin A ( It is the improved variety of rice enriched with vitamin A).
B. Bt cotton             (iv) High yield and pest resistant ( Bt toxin are the toxins that kills harmful pests and responsible for high yield) .
C. Flavr Savr            (ii) Increased shelf life ( It is the improved variety of tomato that has long shelf life and causing them to soften ).
D. Rosie cow            (i) Protein-enriched milk ( Rosie is the first transgenic cow produced human protein rich milk i.e; 2.4 g per litres containing alpha-lactalbumin) .

So, the correct option is 'Option A' . 

Transgenic plants are the ones

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  1. Grown on artificial medium after hybridisation in the field

  2. Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium

  3. Produced by somatic embryo on artificial medium

  4. Generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and regenerating plant from that cell

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Correct Option: D

In which variety of rice a gene synthesizing vitamin A (Beta Carotene) has been introduced? 

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  1. Jaya

  2. Golden Rice

  3. Ratna

  4. lndrayani

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice.

Golden/transgenic Rice is rich in ____________.

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  1. Vitamin A

  2. Vitamin B

  3. Vitamin C

  4. Vitamin D

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Correct Option: A

The resistant variety of rice to bacterial blight is

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  1. Jaya

  2. TMK-6

  3. IR-20

  4. IR-8

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Xanthomonas campestris causes bacterial blight of rice which is one of the most important diseases of rice in most of the rice-growing countries. Bacterial blight of rice has high epidemic potential and is destructive to high-yielding cultivars in both temperate and tropical regions especially in Asia.
  • IR8 is a high-yielding semi-dwarf rice variety developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the early 1960s. It is the resistant variety of rice to bacterial blight.
So, the correct answer is 'IR-8'

Hybrid of potato and tomato is

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  1. Tomato

  2. Pomato

  3. Potamato

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B

Transgenic plants are developed by

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  1. Introducing foreign genes

  2. Introducing gene mutations

  3. Deleting certain chromosome parts

  4. Stopping spindle formation

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Correct Option: A

In an experiment the gene of bioluminescence from firefly has been successfully transferred into a plant as a result of which it started to glow. In the terminology of the molecular genetics, the plant is called ___________.

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  1. Firefly plant

  2. Hybrid plant

  3. Transgenic plant

  4. Bioluminescent plant

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically engineered, a breeding approach that uses recombinant DNA techniques to create plants with new characteristics. They are identified as a class of genetically modified organism (GMO). In this case, firefly's gene is transferred to the plant, hence the plant is called transgenic plant.


So, the correct answer is 'Transgenic plant'.

Give example of a GM crop that can tolerate abiotic stress. 

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  1. Transgenic tomato

  2. Bt-Brinjal

  3. Golden rice

  4. Pomato

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Transgenic tomato has been genetically engineered to have resistance to abiotic stress.

By Brinjal has pest resistance.
Golden rice is genetically engineered to have higher nutritional value.
Pomato is grafted from shoot of tomato plants and root of potato plant to obtain two products from the same plant.
So the correct answer is ' Transgenic tomato'.

Which of the following is a mismatch regarding the transgenic plant and its application?

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  1. Golden rice $\Rightarrow$ Vitamin A enriched rice

  2. Flavr savr tomato $\Rightarrow$ Delay ripening

  3. Tobacco $\Rightarrow$ Herbicide resistant

  4. Bt corn $\Rightarrow$ Resistant to nematode

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In Tobacco because of  biotechnology, transgenic plants produced which have low nicotine in their leaves.