R.K. Sharma Test 23 — Agri Master Mind

DAF is similar to ________ with the difference that the primer is a shorter nucleotide sequence.
  • AFLP
  • RFLP
  • RAPD
  • SSR
Which crop is the most popular substrate plant for biopharming?
  • Soybean
  • Corn
  • Tobacco
  • Rice
A codon is a group of ______ nucleotides coding for an amino acid.
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) was developed by ________.
  • Karl Mullis
  • Paul Mullis
  • Erkey Mullis
  • Kery Mullis
Bt is a ______.
  • Fungus
  • Bacteria
  • Nematodes
  • Virus
Biotechnology comes from _______ words.
  • Latin
  • Greek
  • Persian
  • Japanese
The purpose of this biotechnology is the conservation and restoration of contaminated natural ecosystems through bioremediation.
  • Grey biotechnology
  • Green biotechnology
  • Yellow biotechnology
  • Blue biotechnology
In suspension cultures, sub-cultures are typically done after every ____________ days.
  • 3-14 days
  • 2-7 days
  • 14-20 days
  • 1-5 days
_______ is the capability of an isolated single cell to multiply and differentiate into multicellular organisms.
  • Micropropagation
  • Meristem culture
  • Totipotency
  • All of the above
Molecular scissors used in genetic engineering are?
  • Restriction endonuclease
  • Restriction exonuclease
  • Both A & B
  • All of the above
Opaque-2 gene was transferred in maize for obtaining _______ rich maize varieties.
  • Valine
  • Leucine
  • Lysine
  • Isoleucine
The Father of Genetic Engineering is?
  • Leagenss
  • Nicolas Apart
  • Paul Berg
  • Robert Haring
What is an advantage of plant tissue or In vitro culture?
  • It reduces more than half of the time taken in conventional breeding programs.
  • It reduces more than double of the time taken in conventional breeding programs.
  • It reduces more than one-third of the time taken in conventional breeding programs.
  • It reduces more than one-fourth of the time taken in conventional breeding programs.
Plasmid vectors that contain a bacteriophage and package DNA into phage particles are known as?
  • Tosmids
  • Promids
  • Cosmids
  • Sapomids
Which plasmids replicate only when the chromosome replicates?
  • Ti plasmids
  • Relaxed plasmids
  • Stringent plasmids
  • Cosmids
B-5 medium was formulated by ______.
  • Gamborg et al
  • Murashige
  • Skoog
  • All of the above
The term "biotechnology" was coined by ___________.
  • Karl Erkey
  • William Erkey
  • Karl William
  • John Erkey
Terminator technology refers to research on seeds/plants that produce _______ seeds.
  • Fertile
  • Sterile
  • Both A & B
  • None
The full form of SNP is _____.
  • Single nucleotide polymorphism
  • Single nucleoside polymorphism
  • Single nucleus polypeptide
  • Single nucleotide polymer
Which of the following is a type of marker used in molecular biology?
  • RFLP
  • AFLP
  • SSR
  • All of the above
Golden rice is a genetically modified crop that is enriched with which nutrient?
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin C
  • Iron
  • Zinc
What is the process of transferring genetic material from one organism to another called?
  • Genetic engineering
  • Hybridization
  • Cloning
  • Mutagenesis
What does CRISPR stand for?
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
  • Coded Ribonucleic Interfering Sequences for Precise Repair
  • Combined Restriction Insertion System for Programmable Regulation
  • Centralized Repository of Information on Synthetic Proteins
The interchange of ideas between two persons, in such a way that they act on the existing knowledge to achieve some useful result, is called ______.
  • Diffusion
  • Adoption
  • Communication
  • Education
The Bhoodan movement was started by Vinoba Bhave in the year ______.
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1951
  • 1981
"Mazdoor Manzil" is a synonym for which rural development project?
  • Gurgaon project
  • Nilokheri project
  • Etawah pilot project
  • Firka development project
Which category of adopters is most influenced by local leaders?
  • Early adopters
  • Innovators
  • Laggards
  • Early majority
How many principles are there in extension education?
  • 6
  • 12
  • 10
  • 8
The word "communication" is derived from ______.
  • English
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Persian
The communication model that follows the sequence: Communicator → Message → Channel → Treatment → Audience → Audience Response is the ______ model.
  • Lasswell
  • Fano
  • Leagans
  • Aristotle