NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
What is the main purpose of Biotechnology?
Options
- ATo produce useful products from microbes, plants, and animals
- BTo engineer novel capabilities in plants and animals
- CTo study human diseases
- DTo manipulate genetic material
Correct answer
A. To produce useful products from microbes, plants, and animals
Step-by-step solution
The main purpose of Biotechnology is to use the metabolic machinery of microbes, plants, and animals to produce useful products. 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 energ