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प्रश्न
“Biotechnology is not only beneficial but it has some harmful effects too.” Express your opinion about this statement.
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उत्तर
- Advantages:
- High yield in less time and less expenses.
- We can avoid the use of pesticides and thereby pollution.
- Quality of the food and food-grains has been improved.
- Disadvantages:
- Attempts to develop ‘super-human’ through genetic manipulation.
- No study about long-term effects of GM crops on environment and living organisms.
- Financial loot of poor countries and farmers due to monopoly through patenting of GM crops.
- Genetically modified pest-resistant crops may prove harmful to beneficial insects.
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What is the main characteristic that distinguishes traditional biotechnology from modern biotechnology in terms of scale?
What is the main method used in traditional biotechnology?
What is the main method used in modern biotechnology?
Who developed recombinant DNA technology and in which year?
Which academic discipline is involved in the techniques of genetic engineering?
Which academic discipline is involved in the techniques of genetic engineering?
Which of the following is a medical application of biotechnology?
Which of the following is a medical application of biotechnology?
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Biotechnology integrates which field to improve crops through genetic modification?
