Application in Agriculture
Trending Questions
Q. Blindness can be prevented by use of which crop in poor countries?
- Golden rice
- Wheat
- Gram
- Pea
Q. Statement I : It is important to prevent early exhustion of soil fertility and increased efficiency of mineral usage by plants for better crop productivity.
Statement II : Plants with modified genes maintains soil health and gives better crop productivity.
Statement II : Plants with modified genes maintains soil health and gives better crop productivity.
- Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Q. What are the options for increasing food production?
- agro-chemical based agriculture
- organic agriculture
- genetically engineered crop-based agriculture
- all of the above
Q. Which of the following statement is not applicable to GM plants?
- Reduced reliance on chemical pesticides
- Prevent early exhaustion of fertility of soil
- Crops less tolerant to abiotic stress
- Enhanced nutritional value of food
Q. Hybrids are different from GMOs as
- They are produced naturally without intervention of human beings
- They are made by inserting a foreign gene
- They are highly precise in expressing the desired gene
- None of the above
Q. Which was the first commercially grown, genetically engineered crop approved for human consumption?
- Potato
- Cotton
- Maize
- Tomato
Q.
Tomatoes we see today on the shelves of grocery stores are products of
- Cloning
- Genetic Engineering
- Cross pollination and Selective breeding
- All the above
Q. Which of the following statements is/are true
Statement I: Genetically modified plants are more tolerant to abiotic stress.
Statement II: GM plants enhance nutritional value of food.
Statement III: GM plants products are carcinogenic.
Statement I: Genetically modified plants are more tolerant to abiotic stress.
Statement II: GM plants enhance nutritional value of food.
Statement III: GM plants products are carcinogenic.
- Only statement II and III are correct
- Only statement I and III are correct
- Only statement I and II are correct
- All statements are incorrect
Q. Main objective of production/use of herbicide resistant GM crops is to
- eliminate weeds from the field without the use of herbicides
- encourage eco-friendly herbicides.
- reduce herbicide accumulation in food articles for health safety
- eliminate weeds from the field without the use of manual labour
Q. Full form of GMOs is:
- Genetically Modern Organisms
- Genetically Modified Organisms
- Genetically Mutant Organisms
- Genetically Male Organisms