Golden rice is a genetically modified crop plant that incorporates a gene responsible for the biosynthesis of which vitamin?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Vitamin-A
Golden rice is a GM crop with enhanced nutritional value. Its grains are enriched with Vitamin ‘A’. It is the book’s example of how genetic modification can improve the nutritional value of food.
NCERT Extract:
Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture – “… (iv) increased efficiency of mineral usage by plants (this prevents early exhaustion of fertility of soil).
(v) enhanced nutritional value of food, e.g., golden rice, i.e., Vitamin ‘A’ enriched rice.”