Biopatents and Living Organisms — NEET Biology
🔥 Predicted for NEET 2027The modification/usage of living organisms for public services (as food and medicine sources, for example) has also created problems with patents granted for the same.
Adjacent to a frequently-asked paragraph in the same chapter.
Consider the following statements : 1. Transgenic animals can be designed to study regulation of genes involved in normal development. 2. A radioactive DNA/RNA probe plus autoradiography can reveal clones with a mutated gene by absence of hybridisation signal. 3. GEAC regulates validity of GM research and safety of releasing GM organisms for public services in India. 4. Biopiracy denotes use of bio-resources without proper authorisation or compensatory payment. 5. Transgenic animals are created to yield biological products such as human α-1-antitrypsin.
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Correct answer: B — 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are correct
All five are directly stated uses or definitions in the chapter and span the four requested themes.
What does NCERT say about modificationusage living organisms for?
Has this concept appeared in NEET?
Which chapter is this from?
Through deep analysis of NEET and NTA, 176 of the 180 ReNEET 2026 (June 21) questions were already in the MedicNEET question bank before the exam.
176/180MedicNEET's Biology question bank is built from the same NCERT lines NTA picks repeatedly. Not random MCQs — questions crafted exactly like NTA crafts them.