Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin-A deficiency?

Microbes found to be very useful in genetic engineering are:

1. Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

2. Vibrio cholerae and a tailed bacteriophage

3. Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.

4. Crown gall bacterium and caenorhabditis elegans

Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in:

1. alleviation of vitamin-A deficiency

2. pest resistance

3. herbicide tolerance

4. producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

Tailor made plants will supply which of the following alternative resources to industries

Mark the incorrect statement:

Which of the following is / are product(s) of genetic engineering:

A. Humulin

B. Hepatitis B vaccine prepared by yeast

C. Golden rice

D. Bt cotton

(1) A, B

(2) B, C

(3) A, B, C

(4) A, B, C, D

Which of the following is correct?

(1) The procedure for chemical safety testing / toxicity is the same as that used for testing toxicity of drugs

(2) Transgenic animals are more sensitive to the toxic substances than non-transgenic animals

(3)  Golden rice, a genetically engineered rice has high vitamin A (β-carotene) content

(4) All are correct

Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table?

1. i and ii

2. ii, iii and iv

3. ii and iii

4. Only iii