Plant Biotechnology and GMOs Quiz

Question 1

Approximately how many children go blind each year from a Vitamin A deficiency?

Accepted Answer

250,000

Question 2

Are foods derived from genetically modified crops required to be tested for possible allergic reactions in people?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 3

Haploid plants could be produced from tissue culture of the following parts of a healthy plant:

Accepted Answer

Pollen grains

Question 4

This is not a product of recombinant DNA technology:

Accepted Answer

Dolly

Question 5

Which foods use genetically modified organisms in their production to the most extent?

Accepted Answer

Cheese

Question 6

Are foods made from genetically modified crop required to pass human testing?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 7

Are foods derived from genetically modified crops nutritionally superior?

Accepted Answer

No, they are neither better nor worse than other foods

Question 8

Interference RNA was discovered by

Accepted Answer

Fire & Mello

Question 9

Most varieties of rice are very high in vitamins

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What is not true about the genetically modified 'Bt crops'

Accepted Answer

Bt brinjal has been commercially exploited

Question 11

Some plants are made resistant to pests by using gene from

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Question 12

About how many studies have been conducted testing the environmental or health effect of transgenic crops

Accepted Answer

Over 2000

Question 13

Of the food we eat, how many contain the genetic material DNA?

Accepted Answer

Nearly 100 percent

Question 14

What are the current benefits of having foods made from genetically modified crops?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 15

Farmers only use herbicide on transgenic crops

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Normally this is not expected in the new plants produced through tissue culture programs

Accepted Answer

Variations in genotype

Question 17

Have you eaten foods made from genetically modified crops?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 18

Which organism among the following wasn't used in genetic engineering program leading to the development of Golden rice

Accepted Answer

Escherichia coli

Question 19

Golden rice is a GM crop plant where the incorporated genes are meant for biosynthesis of

Accepted Answer

Beta-carotene

Question 20

Most foods derived from genetically modified crops contain:

Accepted Answer

One or two additional genes

Question 21

Which of the following do NOT have a transgenic variety that is being commercially grown in the US?

Accepted Answer

Tomatoes

Question 22

This is not a GMO

Accepted Answer

Pomato

Question 23

What effect does eating genetically modified foods have on your genes?

Accepted Answer

It has no effect on your genes

Question 24

Golden rice is engineered to make beta-carotene which is also found in:

Accepted Answer

Carrots

Question 25

The first plant that was modified by genetic engineering was produced in a laboratory in:

Accepted Answer

1984

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