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Which of the following principle is associated with the ethics of animal use in genetic engineering?

  1. Reduction of animal use

  2. Refinement of husbandry

  3. Replacement of animal with non-animal alternatives

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The '3Rs' principle (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) is the standard ethical framework for the use of animals in scientific research.

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Which of the following is more sufferer?

  1. Native animals

  2. Transgenic animals

  3. Both A and B

  4. Hybrid animal

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Both native animals and transgenic animals suffer in different ways - native animals from ecological disruption and competition, and transgenic animals from the genetic manipulation procedures and health effects. The question asks which suffers more, and the answer implies both experience significant suffering.

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Which of the following is used as probiotic?

  1. Rhizobium

  2. Lactobacillus

  3. E. coli

  4. Streptomyces

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lactobacillus acidophilus is a type of bacteria found in your intestines.

 Lactobacilli, particularly L. acidophilus, are often used as probiotics
The World Health Organization defines probiotics as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host."

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.......... was produced by the slaughtering of the pig but now it is stopped due to genetic engineering.

  1. Meat

  2. Insulin

  3. Both A and B

  4. Fats

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Animal insulin is derived from cows and pigs. Until the 1980s, animal insulin was the only treatment for insulin dependent diabetes. These days the use of animal insulin has largely been replaced by human insulin and human analogue insulin, however, animal insulin is still available on prescription.

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Which of the following enzyme used in dairy industry is produced by GM microorganism?

  1. Peptidase

  2. Chymosin

  3. Bovine

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Chymosin, commonly known as rennin, is the principal milk- coagulating enzyme present in rennet. Rennet, which has a long and extensive history of safe use in making cheese and other dairy products.

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Which of the following describes the relation between genetic engineering and the health of environment

  1. Bioremediation

  2. Biomagnification

  3. Eutrophication

  4. Bioaccumulation

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bioremediation is the use of living micro organisms to degrade the environmental contaminants into less toxic forms. It uses naturally occurring bacteria and fungi or plants to degrade or detoxify substances hazardous to human health and the environment.

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Which of the following ethic should be employed when conducting genetic engineering?

  1. Environmental ethic

  2. Organizational ethic

  3. Animal ethic

  4. Both A and C

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ethics means a branch of philosophy that deals with human conduct and how right or wrong an action or the motives behind an action may be. 
Environmental ethics and animal ethics should be strictly followed before when genetic engineering is been conducted as any technology should not harm the environment as well as animal life.

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Which of the following statements support animal testing?

  1. Animal testing should use for both medical purpose and cosmetics.

  2. Animal testing prevents the widespread disaster by the release of chemicals.

  3. Animal testing is an inhuman process.

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A common argument for animal testing is that it serves as a safety screen to prevent human exposure to toxic chemicals or dangerous drugs before they are released for general use.