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  • Question
  • The controversy regarding the use of Bt corn is that it


  • Options
  • A. is potentially harmful to monarch butterflies
  • B. is a potential allergen to humans
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. can contaminate groundwater

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


  • More questions

    • 1. Transmission of a gene from male parent to female child to male grand child is known as

    • Options
    • A. holandric inheritance
    • B. quantitative inheritance
    • C. criss-cross inheritance
    • D. maternal inheritance
    • Discuss
    • 2. The transfer of intermediate vectors into Agrobacterium are brought about by

    • Options
    • A. transformation
    • B. biparental mating
    • C. triparental mating
    • D. transduction
    • Discuss
    • 3. During sickle cell anemia which of the following takes place?

    • Options
    • A. Glutamine change to valine
    • B. Valine change to glutamine
    • C. Aspartic acid change to glutamic acid
    • D. Glutamic acid change to aspartic acid
    • Discuss
    • 4. When plated only in nutrient medium, how much time is required for the protoplast to synthesize new cell wall?

    • Options
    • A. 2-5 days
    • B. 5-10 days
    • C. 10-15 days
    • D. 15-17 days
    • Discuss
    • 5. P1 cloning vector allow cloning of DNA of the length of

    • Options
    • A. 100 kbp
    • B. 50 kbp
    • C. 20 kbp
    • D. 10 kbp
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of these carries the thousands of genes needed to allow animal and plant cells to pass on inherited characteristics?

    • Options
    • A. Chromosomes
    • B. Chromatogram
    • C. Chromatography
    • D. Chromium
    • Discuss
    • 7. pH of culture medium is initially controlled by

    • Options
    • A. presence of CO2
    • B. presence of bicarbonate buffer
    • C. addition of bases
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Some types of variation are due to changes in the genetic material. What is this type of change called?

    • Options
    • A. Fertilisation
    • B. Mutation
    • C. Radiation
    • D. Sterilisation
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is the word used to describe what happens when the nucleus of a sperm joins with the nucleus of an egg cell?

    • Options
    • A. Sex
    • B. Fertilisation
    • C. Intercourse
    • D. Reproduction
    • Discuss
    • 10. For culturing, plasma from the adult chicken is preferred to mammalian plasma because

    • Options
    • A. it forms a clear and solid coagulum even after dilution
    • B. it is too opaque
    • C. it doesn't produce solid clots
    • D. it forms a semi solid coagulum
    • Discuss


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