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CUET UG Biology Booster Test 3-Agricultural Applications

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QUESTION 1 OF 20

Arrange the alternatives for increasing food production as they evolved and are sequentially presented in the text to overcome prior limitations:

Answer Review

1 Arrange the alternatives for increasing food production as they evolved and are sequentially presented in the text to overcome prior limitations:

A 2, 3, 1

B 1, 2, 3

C 3, 2, 1

D 2, 1, 3

💡 Short Explanation

Agro-chemical based agriculture (2) came first as the basis of the Green Revolution. Organic agriculture (3) is an alternative/parallel approach. Genetically engineered crop-based agriculture (1) is the latest development.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The text outlines an evolutionary progression in agricultural . Agro-chemical based agriculture was the initial solution for food supply. Following the realization of its limitations, organic agriculture emerged as an alternative, and subsequently, GM-crop technology (genetically engineere D) was developed to solve deeper issues like abiotic stress and nutritional deficits. Thus, the order is 2, 3, 1.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B → Genetic engineering (1) is not the first, and agrochemicals (2) are not the second in this specific evolution.
Option C → Organic agriculture (3) did not predate the Green Revolution (2).
Option D → GM technology (1) followed organic alternatives (3) in the text's narrative.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Mapping the text's historical/technological progression from older to newer methods.

Final Logic: Chemical (Green Rev) -> Organic -> Genetically Engineered.

🧠 Memory Trick

"C-O-G": Chemical, Organic, Genetic.

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Agriculture –

2 An agricultural scientist is looking for a long-term to obtain maximum yield while minimising the use of fertilisers and chemicals to reduce harmful environmental effects. Based on the text, which of the following is proposed as a direct scientific solution?

A Strictly returning to conventional breeding methods.

B The application of genetically modified (GM) crops.

C Increasing the dosage of existing agrochemicals.

D Exclusively creating somatic hybrids like the pomato.

💡 Short Explanation

GM crops are engineered to be pest-resistant, reducing chemical need. They also improve mineral efficiency, reducing fertilizer need. This aligns with the goal of high yield with lower chemical impact.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Biotechnology offers GM crops as a solution to sustainability. Unlike conventional breeding (which is slow) or agrochemicals (which cause environmental harm), GM technology allows for targeted improvements, such as pest resistance and nutrient-use efficiency, effectively maintaining yield while reducing chemical footprints.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Conventional breeding is not a "direct scientific solution" to the efficiency limitations of modern agro-chemical farming.
Option C → Increasing chemicals directly contradicts the goal of minimizing environmental impact.
Option D → Pomato was a failed hybrid, not a long-term agricultural yield .

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Eliminating options that either increase chemical use or represent failed/outdated methods.

Final Logic: GM technology is the specifically cited biotech solution for sustainability.

🧠 Memory Trick

"GM = Sustainable Yield."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Agriculture –

3 Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the success of the Green Revolution in tripling the food supply?

A The use of improved crop varieties.

B The implementation of better management practices.

C The development of tailor-made plants for alternative industrial fuels.

D The extensive use of fertilisers and pesticides.

💡 Short Explanation

Green Revolution focused on food security (staples). Tailor-made plants are a later development in biotechnology. They were not part of the Green Revolution (1960s-70s).

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The Green Revolution (1960s) succeeded through three factors: improved high-yielding varieties, better irrigation/management, and chemical inputs. "Tailor-made plants" for industrial fuel are a modern biotechnological application, not a contributor to the original Green Revolution.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Improved varieties were a key pillar.
Option B → Better management was a key pillar.
Option D → Fertilizer/pesticide use was a key pillar.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Odd One Out

Application: Filtering for the item that belongs to a different (later) era of technology.

Final Logic: Tailor-made plants are modern biotech, not Green Revolution history.

🧠 Memory Trick

"GR = Food, not Fuel."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Agriculture –

4 Analysing the text, why did the development of tissue culture essentially become a scientific necessity in the 1950s?

A Because all conventional crops became completely extinct.

B Because agrochemicals were found to be completely ineffective against insects.

C Because traditional breeding techniques failed to keep pace with demand and provide sufficiently fast systems for crop improvement.

D Because the Pomato failed to reach commercial success.

💡 Short Explanation

Population demand grew too quickly. Conventional breeding takes years for new variety development. Tissue culture allows rapid, high-volume production.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Tissue culture was adopted because conventional breeding could not meet the speed required for large-scale agricultural demand. Tissue culture provided a method to propagate thousands of genetically identical plants in a very short duration, solving the speed limitation of older techniques.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Extinction was never the driver; demand/speed was.
Option B → Agrochemicals were actually very effective (which is why they were used).
Option D → The Pomato was a research experiment, not the catalyst for tissue culture.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Identifying the need for speed and scalability as the primary motivator for tissue culture.

Final Logic: Tissue culture = Speed and Scalability.

🧠 Memory Trick

"TC = Fast production."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Tissue Culture –

5 Match the required component of a tissue culture nutrient medium to its functional category:

Column I	Column II
1. Sucrose	a. Growth regulators (Auxins/Cytokinins)
2. Auxins/Cytokinins	b. Carbon source
3. Inorganic salts	c. Nutrients (micro/macro)
4. Plasma membrane	d. Protoplast boundary

A 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d

B 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c

C 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

D 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a

💡 Short Explanation

Sucrose = Carbon source. Auxins/Cytokinins = Growth regulators. Inorganic salts = Nutrients (micro/macro). Plasma membrane = Protoplast boundary.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

In tissue culture media: (1 B) Sucrose is the energy-providing carbon source; (2- A) Auxins and cytokinins regulate cellular growth and differentiation; (3- C) Inorganic salts/vitamins provide the minerals and nutrients essential for metabolism; (4- D) The plasma membrane is the natural boundary defining the protoplast once the wall is removed.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options B, C, D → These misidentify the biological role of the listed substances.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Option Grouping

Application: Pairing components with their standard laboratory roles.

Final Logic: Mapping chemical inputs (Carbon, Regulators, Salts) to functional categories.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Sucrose = Carbon."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Tissue Culture Basics –

6 Consider the following statements regarding cellular capacity:
I. Totipotency is the unique capacity to generate a whole plant from any single cell or explant.
II. Achieving totipotency strictly requires non-sterile conditions to allow natural bacterial growth regulators to act.

A Only I is correct

B Only II is correct

C Both I and II are correct

D Neither I nor II are correct

💡 Short Explanation

I is the standard definition of totipotency. II is false; tissue culture strictly requires sterile conditions to prevent contamination.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Statement I accurately defines totipotency as the potential to form a complete plant. Statement II is incorrect because tissue culture (and thus the expression of totipotency) requires strictly sterile conditions; non-sterile conditions would lead to the growth of microbes, which would destroy the explant.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B, C, D → These misidentify the requirement for sterilization in biotechnology.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Eliminating the statement that suggests "non-sterile" conditions (which is biologically fatal in tissue culture).

Final Logic: Totipotency = Sterile environment.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Totipotency needs Sterile conditions."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Totipotency –

7 Which of the following is NOT an analytical characteristic of micro-propagation?

A It facilitates the production of thousands of plants.

B It is achieved in very short chronological durations.

C It introduces vast genetic diversity and mutations into the offspring.

D It has been successfully used commercially for crops like bananas and apples.

💡 Short Explanation

Micro-propagation results in clones (identical). Clones lack diversity. Mutation is not the intended goal.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Micro-propagation is designed to produce thousands of "somaclones"—genetically identical plants. Introducing genetic diversity or mutations is the opposite of the process's intent, which is to preserve the exact genetic makeup of the superior parent plant.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Large-scale production is a primary characteristic.
Option B → Short duration (rapidity) is a key advantage.
Option D → Commercially used for banana/apple as per NCERT.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Extreme Word Filter

Application: Filtering for "genetic diversity" which contradicts the term "clone."

Final Logic: Micro-propagation = Clones = No diversity.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Clone = No change."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Micro-propagation –

8 Which statement is INCORRECT regarding the nature of somaclones?

A They are produced via the method of micro-propagation.

B They are genetically identical to the original parent plant.

C They are produced by digesting cell walls and fusing protoplasts of two different plant varieties.

D Important food plants like tomatoes and apples have been produced this way.

💡 Short Explanation

The description in C defines "Somatic Hybridisation." Somaclones are produced by simple tissue culture (mitosis), not fusion. Therefore, C is incorrect.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Somaclones are identical copies produced via tissue culture. Option C describes "somatic hybridization" (the Pomato technique), which involves protoplast fusion to create hybrids. This is fundamentally different from the clonal production of somaclones.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, B, D → All are correct facts about somaclones/micro-propagation as per the textbook.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Substituting the definition of the process described in C to find the mismatch.

Final Logic: Fusion = Hybrid; Clones = Identical copies.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Fusion = Hybrid, Clonal = Identical."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Micro-propagation –

📄 Passage

"Another important application of the method is the recovery of healthy plants from diseased plants. Even if the plant is infected with a virus, the meristem (apical and axillary) is free of virus. Hence, one can remove the meristem and grow it in vitro to obtain virus-free plants."

Analytically, why is the meristem specifically targeted for culturing when attempting to save a diseased plant?

A It is the only plant tissue that exhibits totipotency.

B It remains completely free of the virus even if the rest of the plant's tissues are infected.

C It does not require a carbon source to regenerate.

D It naturally synthesises agrochemicals to kill the virus.

💡 Short Explanation

Viruses use vascular transport (phloem). Meristem lacks vascular tissue. This protects the meristem from infection.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Meristems are characterized by rapidly dividing cells and an absence of vascular tissue connection to the rest of the plant. This prevents the transport and colonization of viral pathogens, making the meristem a "virus-free" zone even when the parent plant is sick.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → All plant cells (in theory) can exhibit totipotency.
Option C → All plant tissue cultures require a carbon source.
Option D → Meristems are not pesticide-producing organs.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Matching the anatomical characteristic (lack of vascular tissue) to the clinical outcome (virus-free).

Final Logic: No vascular transport = No virus.

🧠 Memory Trick

"No Pipes = No Virus."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Meristem Culture –

📄 Passage

Which specific anatomical regions of meristems are explicitly mentioned as being virus-free for recovery purposes?

A Lateral and intercalary meristems

B Root and shoot vascular cambium

C Apical and axillary meristems

D Cork cambium and pericycle

💡 Short Explanation

NCERT explicitly names "apical and axillary meristems." These are the standard regions used in culture for virus recovery.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The NCERT text explicitly states: "Even if the plant is infected with a virus, the meristem (apical and axillary) is free of virus."

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, B, D → These are meristematic tissues, but not the specific ones cited for this procedure.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Identifying the correct terminology from the textbook snippet.

Final Logic: Textbook specifies apical and axillary.

🧠 Memory Trick

"A-A" (Apical-Axillary).

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Meristem Culture –

11 Arrange the analytical sequence required to produce a somatic hybrid like a pomato:
1. Isolate cells.
2. Grow hybrid plant.
3. Enzymatic digestion (get naked protoplasts).
4. Fuse protoplasts.

A 1, 3, 4, 2

B 3, 1, 4, 2

C 1, 4, 3, 2

D 4, 3, 1, 2

💡 Short Explanation

Isolate cells. Enzymatic digestion (get naked protoplasts). Fuse protoplasts. Grow hybrid plant.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct analytical progression for somatic hybridisation is: (1) Isolate cells from the donor plants, (3) Digest cell walls with enzymes to isolate naked protoplasts, (4) Fuse the protoplasts to create a hybrid, and (2) Cultivate the resulting hybrid protoplast into a new plant.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options B, C, D → These misorder the steps (e.g., trying to fuse cells before isolating them, or trying to grow the plant before fusion occurs).

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Logic dictates that you must isolate the protoplasts before you can fuse them.

Final Logic: Isolate -> Digest -> Fuse -> Grow.

🧠 Memory Trick

"I-D-F-G" (Isolate, Digest, Fuse, Grow).

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Somatic Hybridisation –

12 The ultimate failure of the Pomato for widespread commercial use was scientifically attributed to:

A The inability of scientists to successfully fuse the protoplasts.

B The hybrid protoplast completely failing to grow into a mature plant.

C The plant lacking all the desired combinations of characteristics required for commercial viability.

D The extreme susceptibility of the Pomato to new viral infections.

💡 Short Explanation

Pomato experiment was a partial success (fusion workeD). Commercial viability failed because it didn't combine the "best of both worlds" (e.g., poor tuber/fruit quality).

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

While somatic hybridisation proved it was technically possible to fuse the protoplasts of tomato and potato, the resulting "Pomato" did not combine the economically desirable traits of both parents. This absence of commercial utility is the reason it is not used in farming today.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → The fusion was successful.
Option B → The hybrid protoplast did grow into a plant.
Option D → Viral susceptibility was not the stated reason for commercial failure in the text.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Substituting the "failure" description with the specific commercial reason stated in the text.

Final Logic: Fusion success does not equal commercial utility.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Pomato = Technical Success, Commercial Flop."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Somatic Hybridisation –

13 Read the following statements analysing the impact of GM plants:
I. Genetic modification of plants has successfully reduced reliance on chemical pesticides.
II. Genetic modification has inadvertently decreased the efficiency of mineral usage by plants.

A Only I is true

B Only II is true

C Both I and II are true

D Neither I nor II are true

💡 Short Explanation

I is true: Bt crops reduce chemical pesticide use. II is false: GM technology actually increases mineral usage efficiency.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Statement I is true; a major benefit of GM crops is the reduction in pesticide reliance. Statement II is false; GM technology is specifically used to increase (not decrease) the efficiency of mineral usage to prevent soil fertility depletion.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B, C, D → These are incorrect because Statement II directly contradicts the goal of biotech mineral enhancement.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Identifying the false claim about mineral usage efficiency.

Final Logic: Biotech aims for increased efficiency, not decreased.

🧠 Memory Trick

"GM = High Efficiency, Low Pesticides."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: GMO Applications –

14 Match the specific biotechnological application to its corresponding practical result:

Column I	Column II
1. Meristem culture	a. Virus-free sugarcane
2. Micro-propagation	b. Somaclones of apple
3. Somatic hybridisation	c. Pomato
4. Genetic modification	d. Cold/Drought tolerance

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

B 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c

C 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

D 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a

💡 Short Explanation

Meristem culture (1) -> Virus-free sugarcane (A). Micro-propagation (2) -> Somaclones of apple (B). Somatic hybridisation (3) -> Pomato (C). Genetic modification (4) -> Cold/Drought tolerance (D).

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Matching based on text examples: (1 A) Meristem culture creates virus-free sugarcane; (2- B) Micro-propagation creates clones (somaclones) of apple; (3- C) Somatic hybridisation yielded the experimental Pomato; (4- D) Genetic modification engineered crops to survive abiotic stress (cold/drought).

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options B, C, D → Misalign these specific biotech methods with their textbook examples.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Option Grouping

Application: Pairing method to outcome.

Final Logic: Methodologies are matched to their specific textbook-cited examples.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Meristem-Sugarcane, Micro-Apple, Hybrid-Pomato, GM-Abiotic."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Various Applications –

15 A genetically modified crop engineered for increased efficiency of mineral usage would NOT logically result in:

A More effective absorption of nutrients from the soil.

B The prevention of early exhaustion of soil fertility.

C The rapid and unsustainable depletion of soil minerals.

D Support for long-term sustainable agricultural yields.

💡 Short Explanation

"Increased efficiency" = Slowing depletion. Option C states the opposite ("rapid depletion"). Therefore, C is the logically inconsistent outcome.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Genetic modification for mineral usage efficiency ensures that plants extract only what they need effectively. This process preserves the soil's longevity, which means it helps prevent rapid mineral depletion. Thus, Option C is not a result of this technology.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, B, D → These are all logical, intended outcomes of improving mineral usage efficiency.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Eliminating the outcome that is synonymous with "inefficiency."

Final Logic: High efficiency = Sustained soil fertility.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Efficiency = Save soil, not drain it."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Crop Enhancement –

16 If a genetically modified crop is engineered to have a delayed ripening process and a longer shelf life, this directly addresses which agricultural goal mentioned in the text?

A Enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in the field.

B Reducing post-harvest losses.

C Increasing reliance on chemical pesticides.

D Creating an entirely new somatic hybrid.

💡 Short Explanation

Delayed ripening = Longer shelf life = Less rotting. This is the definition of reducing post-harvest losses.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Post-harvest losses include food spoilage that occurs after harvesting. By engineering crops with delayed ripening, the shelf life is extended, which directly prevents spoilage and fulfills the goal of reducing post-harvest losses.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, C, D → These address different stages or goals of agriculture (field growth, pesticide management, or laboratory hybridization).

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Matching the biotech trait (delayed ripening) to the industrial goal (loss reduction).

Final Logic: Longer life = Fewer losses.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Delayed ripen = Longer life = Less loss."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Post-Harvest Losses –

17 Golden Rice represents a paradigm shift in GMO application because it is primarily engineered to:

A Act as a tailor-made plant to supply industrial pharmaceuticals.

B Enhance the intrinsic nutritional value of food for consumers.

C Maximize resistance to abiotic environmental stresses.

D Exclusively reduce post-harvest storage losses.

💡 Short Explanation

Golden Rice is "nutritionally enriched." It adds Vitamin A to the consumer's diet. This shifts the focus from just "farming yield" to "consumer nutrition."

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

While many GMOs focus on yield protection (pest resistance, drought tolerance), Golden Rice represents a shift toward "nutritional improvement" by enhancing the food itself to provide essential vitamins (like Vitamin A) to human consumers.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, C, D → These describe different categories of GM applications (Industrial, Abiotic, Post-harvest storage).

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Filtering for the "nutritional" goal.

Final Logic: Golden Rice = Nutrition enhancement.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Golden = Nutritious."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Nutritional Improvement –

18 By engineering a crop like Vitamin A enriched rice, biotechnology analytically moves beyond yield protection (like pest resistance) and directly addresses:

A Conventional breeding timelines.

B Organic agriculture certification standards.

C Human nutritional deficiencies.

D The limitations of somatic hybridisation.

💡 Short Explanation

Vitamin A deficiency is a health issue. Golden Rice solves the health issue via food. This directly addresses human nutrition.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Biotech applications like Golden Rice are designed to address specific "hidden hunger" issues, namely micronutrient malnutrition. This moves agriculture into the realm of public health by creating crops that deliver essential nutrients to the population.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, B, D → These are unrelated to the nutritional enrichment purpose of Golden Rice.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Matching the crop enrichment to the health outcome.

Final Logic: Enriched food = Healthier humans.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Enriched Food = Better Nutrition."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Nutritional Improvements –

19 The development of "tailor-made plants" indicates an analytical shift in the purpose of agriculture towards:

A Returning purely to ancient food-oriented subsistence production.

B Utilizing crops as bioreactors to produce industrial resources like starches and fuels.

C Total reliance on micro-propagation to maintain genetic stagnation.

D Exclusively relying on agro-chemical dependent farming practices.

💡 Short Explanation

Tailor-made = Industrial utility. They act as "bioreactors" for non-food products.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

"Tailor-made plants" marks a shift where agricultural crops are used not just as food sources, but as biological manufacturing hubs ("bioreactors") to supply industries with chemicals, starches, fuels, and medicines.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Options A, C, D → These options describe past methods, regression, or flawed interpretations of agricultural progress.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Selecting the answer that defines "tailor-made" as industrial output.

Final Logic: Tailor-made = Industrial bioreactors.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Tailor-made = Industrial Maker."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Tailor-made Plants –

20 Which of the following best exemplifies a non-food, industrial application of genetically modified plants as outlined in the text?

A The nutritional enhancement of Golden rice.

B Supplying alternative resources like fuels to industries.

C Producing genetically identical somaclones of apples.

D The failed commercialization of the Pomato hybrid.

💡 Short Explanation

Golden Rice is for food (nutrition). Somaclones are for planting. Pomato was for hybridization. Fuels are for industrial use (non-food).

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The application of GM plants to produce alternative fuels is the quintessential non-food, industrial use case mentioned in the NCERT text under the topic of "tailor-made plants."

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Golden Rice is for human food/nutrition.
Option C → Somaclones are for agricultural cultivation.
Option D → The Pomato was an experimental food hybrid.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Removing food/agri-focused options to find the industrial one.

Final Logic: Industry = Fuel.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Non-food = Fuel."

📚 Class XII – Biology – Chapter: Biotechnology and its Applications – Topic: Tailor-made Plants –

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