Category: CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on applied biology

Which one of the following regions of the target gene is NOT used for making an RNAi construct to knock down its expression? (1) 5′ UTR of the mature transcript […]

Which one of the following approaches/markers would be typically used for discovering polymorphism between two closely related accessions of a crop plant? (1) AFLP   (2) GBS (3) SSR     (4) […]

The rattans and canes that we use in furniture belong to (1) bamboos                (2) palms (3) arborescent lilies (4) legumes Cultivated rattans and […]

Cultivated bananas are sterile because (1) male flower-bearing plants are very rare. (2) they lack natural pollinators in the crop plants. (3) they are triploid and therefore seeds are not […]

Given below are a few statements related to plant breeding and genetics: A. Non-random mating between individuals closely related to each other would tend to promote a decrease in homozygosity […]

In the context of plant breeding and genetic engineering, which one of the following statements is correct? (1) To achieve high expression level of a heterologous gene in a transgenic […]

Which one of the following statements regarding crop improvement programs using molecular breeding approaches is INCORRECT? (1) Allelic diversity for traits of interest should be available in the naturally occurring […]

Given below are a few statements on mapping populations and marker-assisted selection (MAS): A. MAS can be used to eliminate undesirable genotypes early in the breeding program by screening plants […]

Given below are four statements regarding the use of marker assisted selection (MAS) in plant breeding? A. Markers that are not linked to target traits cannot be used to test […]

Given below are a few statements on use of plant breeding to develop improved varieties of a crop plant A. Genotypic/phenotypic variation in the desired trait should be available in […]