Question

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

Options

• producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

• alleviation of vitamin A

• pest resistance

• herbicide tolerance

Answer 1

Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in alleviation of vitamin A.

Explanation:

Golden rice is enriched with provitamin A, which the body can use to produce vitamin A. It is developed to address vitamin A deficiency, not to produce fuel or provide pest or herbicide resistance.