| 221 |
Which part of a virus-infected plant is cultured to obtain virus-free plants? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in agriculture |
Easy |
| 222 |
The proteins coded by the genes cryIAc and cryIIAb are effective against |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in agriculture |
Easy |
| 223 |
Bt toxin does not kill the Bacillus thuringiensis cells that make it because |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in agriculture |
Medium |
| 224 |
Golden rice has been genetically modified mainly to improve its content of |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in agriculture |
Medium |
| 225 |
In transgenic tobacco made resistant to Meloidogyne incognita, the nematode dies because |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in agriculture |
Hard |
| 226 |
Human insulin consists of chains A and B held together by |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in medicine |
Easy |
| 227 |
The first clinical gene therapy, given in 1990, treated a deficiency of which enzyme? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in medicine |
Easy |
| 228 |
In the body, insulin is first made as pro-insulin. Which part must be removed to give mature insulin? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in medicine |
Medium |
| 229 |
A doctor wants to detect HIV in a person infected so recently that the viral load is still very low. Which te… |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in medicine |
Medium |
| 230 |
A child with ADA deficiency treated by gene therapy needs repeated infusions of engineered lymphocytes because |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Applications in medicine |
Hard |
| 231 |
Which animal makes up the large majority of transgenic animals produced so far? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Transgenic animals |
Easy |
| 232 |
Rosie, the first transgenic cow, produced milk enriched with |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Transgenic animals |
Easy |
| 233 |
Human α-1-antitrypsin produced in transgenic animals is used to treat |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Transgenic animals |
Medium |
| 234 |
Why are transgenic animals that are more sensitive to toxic substances used for chemical safety testing? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Transgenic animals |
Medium |
| 235 |
A research team wants to test whether a new treatment slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease before trying… |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Transgenic animals |
Hard |
| 236 |
In India, the body that decides on the validity of GM research and the safety of releasing GM organisms is |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Ethical issues |
Easy |
| 237 |
The use of a country's bio-resources by companies without proper authorisation or fair compensation is called |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Ethical issues |
Easy |
| 238 |
A foreign firm patents a skin cream based on the healing use of turmeric that villagers in India have known f… |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Ethical issues |
Medium |
| 239 |
Developing countries like India are particularly vulnerable to biopiracy mainly because they |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Ethical issues |
Medium |
| 240 |
Which concern most directly falls under biosafety rather than patents or biopiracy? |
Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry
Ethical issues |
Hard |