Ethical Issues Test

Ethical Issues

This is online test 01 for CBSE class 12 Biology Biotechnology and its Applications (Ethical Issues).. There are 10 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
In 1997, an American company got patent rights on
  • A
    Basmati rice
    Correct
  • B
    Soybean
  • C
    Turmeric
  • D
    Maize
2
Biopiracy is
  • A
    monitoring GMO’s
  • B
    Governing research on GMO’s
  • C
    use of bio resources without proper authorization
    Correct
  • D
    Commercial production of GMO’s
3
How many documented varieties of Basmati rice are grown in India?
  • A
    24
  • B
    37
  • C
    27
    Correct
  • D
    17
4
A company has developed a GM maize plant which produces high amount of sugar. The right granted to the company because of which others cannot use it is
  • A
    Bioethics
  • B
    Biopatent
    Correct
  • C
    Biopiracy
  • D
    Eugenics
5
Most industrialized nations are rich financially but poor in
  • A
    Health and manpower
  • B
    Biodiversity and traditional knowledge
    Correct
  • C
    Traditional knowledge and land requirement
  • D
    All of the these
6
An MNC exploiting biological resources (turmeric) of other nation without proper authorization will be called as
  • A
    Biopiracy
    Correct
  • B
    eugenics
  • C
    Bioethics
  • D
    biopatent
7
Bio-weapons are conventionally used by terrorists as they are
  • A
    Invisible and extremely difficult to detect
    Correct
  • B
    Can cause causality
  • C
    Are expensive
  • D
    Easily available
8
Patent that covers all transgenic plants of cucurbitacceae family is unacceptable because
  • A
    Commercial benefits cannot be taken
  • B
    No threat to food security
  • C
    Powerful corporations will acquire monopoly over biotechnological processes
    Correct
  • D
    Biodiversity will be affected
9
Some ethical standards are required to
  • A
    Evaluate the morality
    Correct
  • B
    Managing natural resources
  • C
    Manage new GMOs
  • D
    Get proper compensation
10
The organization set up by Indian government for making decisions regarding validity of GM research is
  • A
    Genetic research committee
  • B
    Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
    Correct
  • C
    Genetic engineering safety committee
  • D
    All of the above