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  1. 1861UPSC2000General ScienceEnglish

    Hybridoma technology is a new biotechnological approach for commercial production of

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    Correct option: A — Monoclonal antibodies

  2. 1862UPPSC2003General ScienceEnglish

    The Plant Field Gene Bank at Banthara will

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    Correct option: D — Look after all the above

  3. 1863UPSC2000General ScienceEnglish

    Insect-resistant cotton plants have been genetically engineered by inserting a gene from a/an

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    Correct option: B — Bacterium

  4. 1864UPSC2001General ScienceEnglish

    The American multinational company, Monsanto, has produced an insect-resistant cotton variety that is undergoing field trials in India. A toxin gene from which one of the following bacteria has been transferred to this transgenic cotton?

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    Correct option: B — Bacillus thuringiensis

  5. 1865UPPSC2010General ScienceEnglish

    The micro-organism which is associated with the production of Bt cotton is a

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    Correct option: B — Bacterium

  6. 1866UPSC2011General ScienceEnglish

    A genetically engineered form of brinjal, known as the Bt brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is

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    Correct option: A — To make in pest-resistant

  7. 1867Arunachal PSC2016General ScienceEnglish

    Bt brinjal is

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    Correct option: B — A genetically modified Brinjal

  8. 1868UPSC1999General ScienceEnglish

    Indian farmers are unsatisfied with terminator seed technology because it increases the possibility of

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    Correct option: D — Growing of plants which one not capable of producing germinable seeds

  9. 1869KPSC2016General ScienceEnglish

    The controversial terminator technology backed by developed nations seeks to provide

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    Correct option: A — Biotechnologically improved variety of seeds which are ensured to yield sterile seed for next generation

  10. 1870UPPSC2004General ScienceEnglish

    Terminator technology promotes the sale of which of the following that is/are generated by it?

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    Correct option: D — All of the above

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