Question

In recent years some crops were improved by various methods for higher yield and better quality of food grains. Match the improved varieties with the related crop.

(A) Golden Rice	(i) Cross breed Hybrid
(B)IR 8 Rice	(ii) Somatic hybrid
(C)Calingiri wheat	(iii) Semi- dwarf variety
(D) Pomato	(iv) Genetically modified crop

• A. A- iv, B- i, C- ii, D- iii
• B. A- iv, B- iii, C- i, D- ii
• C. A- ii, B- iv, C- i, D- iii
• D. A- i, B- iii, C- iv, D- ii

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

A- iv, B- iii, C- i, D- ii

Golden rice is genetically modified rice that is developed to yield a high amount of beta carotene a precursor of vitamin A in the rice.

IR-8 is semi dwarf variety rice that is adopted from the Chinese. These rice are not much successful as they are very hard after cooking due to high presence of amylase.

Calingiri wheat is a wheat variety is a cross hybrid and is long yielding variety

Pomato is a chimeric plant produced by somatic hybridization by grafting between the tomato plant and the potato plant.

So, the correct answer is 'A- iv, B- iii, C- i, D- ii'