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The Bt toxin protein exist as inactive pro-toxins but once an insect ingest the inactive toxin, it is converted into an active form. From the following identify the correct cause of activating the toxin.

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Important Questions on Biotechnology and its Applications

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Assertion (A) : Transgenic Golden Rice is rich in Vitamin A and prevents blindness.

Reason (R) : It is obtained from "Taiwan"

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RNA interference is used for which of the following purposes in the field of biotechnology?
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In RNA interference, the dsRNA molecule prevents ___.
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Assertion (A): Bt toxin exists as inactive prototoxin but once an insect ingests the inactive toxin, it is converted into an active form of toxin.

Reason (R):  Protoxin gets activated in insect gut due to the acidic pH in the gut, which solubilises the protein crystals.

The correct answer is:

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Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for the biosynthesis of
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Assertion (A): cry is insect group specific gene of Bt cotton
Reason (R):  cry IAc and cry IIAb controls the cotton boll worms
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Which of the following is the first step for genetically modifying an organism?
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Match the following lists:

  List I   List II
A) Transgenic papaya I) Antigen-antibody interaction
B) Super weeds II) Ring spot virus
C) Soya bean III) Gene pollution leads to resistance to weedicides
D) ELISA IV) Herbicide tolerant

The correct match is

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What triggers activation of protoxin to active Bt toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in a boll worm?
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The correct combination pair of given strategies in the area of health care developed by the rDNA technological processes.

(I) ELISA Antigen-antibody interaction
(II) RNA interference Cellular defence
(III) PCR Gene therapy
(IV) Transgenic potato Pseudomonas resistance
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In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin due to:
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Plants genes have been altered by manipulation for these uses
I) Increased efficiency of mineral usage
II) Alternative resources to industries
III) Enhanced nutritional value of food
IV) Better management practices and uses of agrochemicals
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Which of the following is involved in silencing specific mRNA?
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Bt toxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis does not kill the producer because the toxin is
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Silencing of a specific mRNA translation could be achieved through
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dsRNA is used to develop pest resistant tobacco plant by a technique called
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Bt cotton variety that was developed by the introduction of toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is resistant to
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The crops engineered with Bt-toxin are resistant/tolerant to:
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Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidogyne incognita?