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प्रश्न
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Biotechnology
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उत्तर
- The technique of bringing about improvements in living organisms by genetic modifications and hybridization, for the welfare of human beings is called ‘Biotechnology’.
- Biotechnology is used in the field of agriculture in order to improve crop variety and yields by techniques such as genetic modification, hybridization, etc.
- Techniques such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer are useful in animal husbandry to improve the quality and/or quantity of animal products like milk, wool, meat, etc.
- Biotechnology has applications for the welfare of human health in diagnosis and treatment of diseases using vaccines, interferons, antibiotics, etc. Also, gene therapy and therapeutic cloning have applications in treating genetic disorders.
- Biotechnology is used for the manufacture of industrial products, environmental management, food processing, green revolution, white revolution and blue revolution.
- DNA fingerprinting techniques play an important role in forensic sciences and paternity testing.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
“Biotechnology is not only beneficial but it has some harmful effects too.” Express your opinion about this statement.
A) Which process is shown in the above figure?
B) Describe in brief the steps- I , II , III & IV.
Match the pairs.
| a. | Interferon | 1. | Diabetes |
| b. | Factor | 2. | Dwarfness |
| c. | Somatostatin | 3. | Viral infection |
| d. | Interleukin | 4. | Cancer |
| 5. | Haemophilia |
Answer the following question in your own words.
Which products produced through biotechnology do you use in your daily life?
Write two uses of biotechnology related to human health.
Which two main techniques are used in biotechnology? Why?
Give one use of Biotechnology.
Use of non-genetic biotechnological techniques.
Non-genetic technology involves mutations in cell genes.
Give two branches of biotechnology.
What does biotechnology include?
Identify the products that are NOT produced using fermentation technology.
Curd, Ghee, Relaxin, Vinegar, Insulin, Yoghurt, Cheese, Wine, Erythropoietin
On which of the following two core techniques modem biotechnology is based?
Which organization provided the following definition of biotechnology?
'Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and service to the human welfare'.
Study the following statements regarding recombinant DNA technology and select the correct one.
Use of bioiogy in industrial process and for improving quality of life is called ______.
Explain the impact of biotechnology on agricultural management with suitable examples.
