Which peptide, present in the pro-insulin, is absent from the final structure of insulin?
1. The A peptide
2. The B peptide
3. The C peptide
4. The A and C peptides

Subtopic:  Med Applications & Humulin |
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Insulin isolated from other animals and used in humans:
I: will be just as effective as that secreted by the human body itself.
II: would not elicit an immune response in the human body.
 
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Med Applications & Humulin |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Introduction of functional ADA cDNA (using a retroviral vector) into lymphocytes from patient’s blood is not a permanent cure in ADA deficiency.
Reason (R): Lymphocytes are absent from the blood of ADA deficiency patients.
  
1. (A) is True, (R) is True and (R) correctly explains (A).
2. (A) is True, (R) is True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False. 
4. (A) is False, (R) is False.
Subtopic:  Gene Therapy |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Genetically modified golden rice can play an important role in curbing the problem of night blindness in children of poor countries.
Reason (R): Golden rice is enriched in beta carotene, a precursor of vitamin A.
  
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
3. (A) is True; (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Transgenic mice are being developed for use in testing the safety of oral polio vaccines before they are used on humans
Reason (R): Mice are immune to infection by the polio virus.
  
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
3. (A) is True; (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
Subtopic:  Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
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Bacillus thuringiensis is a:
1. Gram negative pathogen causing serious infections in humans
2. Bio-insecticide
3. Model organism for studying developmental genetics
4. Pro-biotic
Subtopic:  Bt Crops |
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What was used to introduce Meloidogyne incognita-specific genes into the tobacco plant for silencing the specific mRNA of the nematode?
1. Gene gun 2. Microinjection
3. Agrobacterium 4. Liposome
Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech |
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Mobile genetic elements:
I: are called as transposons.
II: can be a source for complementary dsRNA molecule involved in RNAi in eukaryotic cells.
 
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech |
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I: GM pest-resistant crops plants have reduced reliance on chemical pesticides.
Statement II: GM plants with increased efficiency of mineral usage by plants prevents early exhaustion of fertility of soil.
 
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications |
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Golden rice, developed at IRRI [International Rice Research Institute] contains:
1. Cyanocobalamin and Calciferol
2. β carotene
3. Iodine
4. All essential amino acids
Subtopic:  Molecular Diagnosis |
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