NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
How has biotechnology improved the quality of human life?
Options
- ABy providing the best catalyst in the form of an improved organism.
- BBy creating optimal conditions for a catalyst to act.
- CBy improving food production and health.
- DBy purifying proteins and organic compounds.
Correct answer
C. By improving food production and health.
Step-by-step solution
Biotechnology, as you would have learnt from the previous chapter, essentially deals with industrial scale production of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals using genetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals. The applications of biotechnology include therapeutics, diagnostics, genetically modified crops for agriculture, processed food, bioremediation, waste treatment, and energy production. Three critical research areas of biotechnology are: (i) Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organis