| 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 |
| 1. | Gram negative pathogen causing serious infections in humans |
| 2. | Bio-insecticide |
| 3. | Model organism for studying developmental genetics |
| 4. | Pro-biotic |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. | Gene gun | 2. | Microinjection |
| 3. | Agrobacterium | 4. | Liposome |
| I: | are called as transposons. |
| II: | can be a source for complementary dsRNA molecule involved in RNAi in eukaryotic cells. |
| 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. |