36: Consider the following techniques/phenomena:
1. Budding and grafting in fruit plants
2. Cytoplasmic male sterility
3. Gene silencing
Which of the above is/are used to create transgenic crops?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None
37: On dividing 2272 as well as 875 by 3-digit number N, we get the same remainder. What is the sum of the digits of N?
38: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Jim Laker : Highest number of wickets in a Cricket Test match
(b) Brian Lara : Highest score in an innings in Test Cricket
(c) Sanath Jayasurya & Roshan Mahanama : Highest partnership in an innings in Test Cricket
(d) Sunil M. Gavaskar : Highest aggregate of runs in Test Cricket
39: Consider the following statements in respect of a jet engine and a rocket:
1. A jet engine uses the surrounding air for its oxygen supply and so is unsuitable for motion in space.
2. A rocket carries its own supply of oxygen in the gas form, and fuel.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
40: With reference to the Genetically Modified mustard (GM mustard) developed in India, consider the following statements :
1. GM mustard has the genes of a soil bacterium that give the plant the property of pest-resistance to a wide variety of pests.
2. GM mustard has the genes that allow the plant cross-pollination and hybridization.
3. GM mustard has been developed jointly by the IARI and Punjab Agricultural University.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a)1 and 3 only
(b)2 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3