NEET
Zoology

Intro To Agri Applications

Low Priority
Consistency: 25%
Weightage: 5 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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2024
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2006

Questions
6 MCQs

01
PYQ 2006
easy
zoology ID: neet-200

Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in:

1. alleviation of vitamin-A deficiency

2. pest resistance

3. herbicide tolerance

4. producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

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02
PYQ 2008
easy
zoology ID: neet-200
A transgenic food crop, which may help in solving the problem of night blindness in developing countries is:
1. Flavr savr tomatoes
2. Starlink maize
3. Bt soybean
4. Golden rice
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03
PYQ 2008
hard
zoology ID: neet-200
Main objective of production/use of herbicide-resistant GM crops is to:
1. eliminate weeds from the field without the
use of manual layout
2. eliminate weeds from the field without the
use of herbicides
3. encourage eco-friendly herbicides
4. reduce herbicide accumulation in food
particles for health safety

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04
PYQ 2009
easy
zoology ID: neet-200

Transgenic plants are:

1. produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium
2. generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and
regenerating a plant from that cell
3. Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium
4. grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field

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05
PYQ 2010
easy
zoology ID: neet-201

The genetically-modified (GM) brinjal in India has been developed for:

1. insect-resistance

2. enhancing self-life

3. enhancing mineral content

4. drought-resistance

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06
PYQ 2024
easy
zoology ID: neet-202
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I List-II
A. antitrypsin I. Cotton bollworm
B. Cry IAb II. ADA deficiency
C. Cry IAc III. Emphysema
D. Enzyme replacement therapy IV. Corn borer
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
2. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
3. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
4. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
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