To test the safety of polio vaccine, the organisms used are transgenic :

1. Mice

2. Pigs

3. Monkey 

4. Cattle

If the goal were to create a plant resistant to an insecticide, which cell-based plant technology would be most effective ?

(1) clonal propagation

(2) cybridization

(3) protoplast fusion

(4) mutant selection

Which protein has been produced generating a transgenic sheep that is used for replacement therapy for individuals at risk from emphysema?
1. Plasminogen activator (rPA)
2. α-antitrypsin (ATT)
3. Casein
4. Amyloid precursor proteins

Consider the following statements :

I. The BCG vaccine is given as a protection against Tuberculosis

II. Oral polio vaccine is being used in the Pulse Polio Immunization programme in India

III. Hepatitis B vaccine is made with the help of recombinant E.Coli

Which of the above statements are true ?

1. I and II only

2. I and III only

3. II and III only

4. I,II and III

A genetically engineered micro-organism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is a species of:

(1) Pseudomonas

(2) Trichoderma

(3) Xanthomonas

(4) Bacillus

Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year-old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency?

(1) Gene therapy 

(2) Chemotherapy

(3) Immunotherapy

(4) Radiation therapy

The two polypeptides of human insulin are linked together by

(1) phosphodiester bonds

(2) covalent bonds

(3) disulphide bridges

(4) hydrogen bonds

Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidegyne incognitia?

1. Leaf

2. Stem

3. Root

4. Flower

Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for

biosynthesis of

1. vitamin-B

2. omega 3

3. vitamin-C

4. vitamin-A

In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin due to 

(1) Alkaline pH of the insect gut

(2) acidic pH of the insect gut

(3) action of gut microorganisms

(4) presence of conversion factors in insect gut