Science Reporter, SEPTEMBER 2016 58

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1. Indian Ins tute of Pulses Research (IIPR) is located at:(a) Jodhpur (b) Hyderabad(c) Varanasi (d) Kanpur

2. Indian Ins tute of Sugarcane Research (IISR) is located at:(a) Meerut (b) Surat (c) Pune (d) Lucknow

3. Vivekananda Parva ya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS) is located at: (a) Almora (b) Nainital(c) Shimla (d) Solan

4. Central Tuber Crops Research Ins tute (CTCRI) is located at: (a) Madurai (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Thrissur (d) Raipur

5. Indian Ins tute of Hor cultural Research (IIHR) is located at: (a) Jodhpur (b) Pune(c) Kota (d) Bengaluru

6. Indian Ins tute of Spices Research (IISR) is located at: (a) Gwalior (b) Kochi(c)] Thiruvananthapuram (d) Calicut

7. Indian Ins tute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) is located at: (a) Lucknow (b) Bhopal(c)] Varanasi (d) Meerut

8. Central Ins tute for Arid Hor culture (CIAH) is located at: (a) Udaipur (b) Bikaner (c) Jaipur (d) Surat

9. Na onal Research Centre for Groundnut (NRCG) is located at: (a)Allahabad (b) Bareilly(c) Junagarh (d) Ahmedabad

10. Central Ins tute for Subtropical Hor culture (CISTH) is located at: (a) Gorakhpur (b) Lucknow(c)] Allahabad (d) Nagpur

11. Central Potato Research Ins tute (CPRI) is located at: (a) Gwalior (b) Farrukhabad(c) Shimla (d) Manali

12. Na onal Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) is located at: (a) Tiruchirapalli (b) Bengaluru (c) Pune (d) Lucknow

13. Na onal Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC) is located at: (a) Bhopal (b) Indore (c) Jabalpur (d) Nagpur

14. Na onal Research Centre for Grapes (NRCG) is located at: (a) Amarava (b) Solapur(c) Pune (d) Nashik

15. Na onal Research Centre on Litchi (NRCL) is located at: (a) Muzaff arpur (b) Lucknow(c) Dehradun (d) Meerut

16. Indian Agricultural Research Ins tute (IARI) is located at:(a) Mumbai (b) Pune(c) New Delhi (d) Kolkata

17. Central Arid Zone Research Ins tute (CAZRI) is located at: (a) Bikaner (b) Udaipur(c) Jabalpur (d) Jodhpur

18. Central Research Ins tute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) is located at: (a) Jodhpur (b) Surat (c) Hyderabad (d) Ahmedabad

19. Indian Ins tute of Soil and Water Conserva on (IISWC) located at: (a) Allahabad (b) Dehradun (c) Indore (d) Hisar

20. Central Soil Salinity Research Ins tute (CSSRI) is located at: (a) Hisar (b) Karnal(c) Coimbatore (d) Jhansi

21. Indian Ins tute of Soil Science (IISS) is located at: (a) Gwalior (b) Indore (c) Bhopal (d) Jabalpur

22. Na onal Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSSLUP) is located at: (a) Nagpur (b) Kanpur(c) Rampur (d) Raipur

23. Na onal Research Centre for Weed Sciences (NRCWS) is located at: (a) Jabalpur (b) Chandigarh (c) Indore (d) Udaipur

ARVIND BIJALWAN AND SARIKA BAHUGUNA BIJALWAN

Contributed by Dr. Arvind Bijalwan, Faculty, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; Email: arvindbijalwan276@gmail.comSarika Bahuguna Bijalwan, Assistant Teacher, Government School, Dang Talla, Thauldhar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

ANSWERS:1)d 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)d 6)d 7)c 8)b 9)c 10)b 11)c 12)a 13)d 14)c 15)a 16)c 17)d 18)c 19)b 20)b 21)c 22)a 23)a

Science Reporter, SEPTEMBER 201659

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1. Which is the fi rst gene cally modifi ed an bio c-resistant crop plant produced?(a) Co on (b) Tobacco (c) Eggplant (d) Papaya

2. In which year a version of the human insulin gene was inserted into the bacterium E. coli for the synthesis of synthe c human insulin?(a) 1983 (b) 1976 (c) 1981 (d) 1978

3. Who among the following is credited for producing the fi rst recombinant DNA molecule?(a) Oswald Avery (b) Frederick Griffi th (c) Paul Berg (d) Mar n Gellert

4. The fi rst transgenic (gene cally modifi ed) animal produced was:(a) Rat (b) Mouse (c) Rhesus Monkey (d) Chimpanzee

5. The fi rst ever animal gene cloned using E. coli belongs to:(a) African clawed frog Xenopus (c) Sea Urchin(b) Mouse (d) Anemone

6. Which of the following is the fi rst Indian gene cally modifi ed edible crop?(a) Aubergine (b) Wheat (c) Papaya (d) Tobacco

7. In 1990, the fi rst ever gene therapy was performed on a four year child for the treatment of which gene c disease?(a) Duane Syndrome (b) Hemochromatosis (c) Achondroplasia (d) Adenosine deaminase (ADA) defi ciency

8. Which is the fi rst gene c engineering company founded for produc on of the fi rst human protein i.e. Insulin?(a) Seatle Gene cs (b) Alkermes(c) Genentech (d) Cubist Pharmaceu cals

9. The fi rst commercial Bt co on variety was released by M/S. Monsanto (Bollgard) in:(a) China (b) USA(c) Netherland (d) Japan

10. Who is the world’s fi rst “test-tube baby,” conceived through in vitro fer liza on (IVF)?(a) Patrick Steptoe (b) Robert Edwards (c) Louise Brown (d) Kanupriya Agrawal

11. Who has been credited with the fi rst successful synthesis of an en re gene?(a) Gobind Khorana (b) Sergi Padilla-Parra(c) Yvonne Jones (d) Kay Grünewald

12. Which is the fi rst biological product derived from a gene cally engineered animal approved for release in market?(a) Methotrexate (b) Allopurinol(c) Insulin (d) Atryn

13. The fi rst ever successful criminal inves ga on assisted by forensic sciences (DNA fi ngerprin ng) technique convicted ___________ for guilty of crime?(a) OJ Simpson (b) Colin Pitchfork (c) Richard Buckland (d) Tommie Lee Andrews

14. The fi rst organism produced having completely synthe c genome is:(a) Mycoplasma (b) Rhizobia(c) Cyanobacteria (d) E. coli

15. The fi rst successful gene transfer in which fi sh was reported by IHB?(a) Carp (b) Halibut(c) Goldfi sh (d) Trout

16. Which is the fi rst gene cally modifi ed fi sh introduced into the market in the U.S.?(a) Tilapia (b) GloFish (c) Turbot (d) Salmon

17. For which of the following disease in 2012, the FDA approved the fi rst plant-produced pharmaceu cal product?(a) Alzheimer’s disease (b) Leukaemia (c) Gout’s disease (d) Gaucher’s disease

18. The fi rst country to allow commercialized transgenic plants, introducing a virus-resistant tobacco is:(a) Russia (b) England (c) People’s Republic of China (d) USA

19. When was the fi rst decision that a gene cally modifi ed organism can be patented was taken by the U.S. Supreme Court?(a) 1980 (b) 1985 (c) 1982 (d) 1984

20. When was the fi rst an bio cs penicillin isolated by Sir Alexander Fleming?(a) 1942 (b) 1945(c) 1930 (d) 1928

VIVEK R. NARKHEDKAR AND VISHAL P. DESHMUKH

Contributed by Mr Vivek R. Narkhedkar, Department of Botany, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati 444602, MaharashtraDr. Vishal P. Deshmukh, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Jagdamba Mahavidyalaya, Achalpur City-444806, Maharashtra; Email: viveknarkhedkar@rediffmail.com

ANSWERS:1) b 2) d 3) c 4) b 5) a 6) a 7) d 8) c 9) b 10) c 11) a 12) d 13) b 14) a 15) c 16) b 17) d 18) c 19) a 20) d