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Topic

Cloning

Asked 4 times in CSE over 23 years (1994–2017), peaking in 2017.
4
PYQs
1
Exams
4
Years active
1994–2017
Span
2017
Peak
2/4
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 4 of 4 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2017
  • Recurs across 4 years (1994–2017)

Across exams

CSE · 4

How the concept evolved

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Long-running — most appearances (3 of 4) predate 2016, and it still returns.

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Sample questions

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CSE2017
What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology ?
  1. A Production of biolarvicides
  2. B Manufacture of biodegradable plastics
  3. C Reproductive cloning of animals ✓
  4. D Production of organisms free of diseases
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Science & Technology › Biotech & Genetics
CSE2006
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (2006) Recent Scientific Achievement Country
  1. A Creating the world's first mouse with a full human chromosome United Kingdom
  2. B Cloning a human embryo for the first time Germany
  3. C Guiding a spacecraft for collision with a comet United of America
  4. D Landing a spacecraft on an asteroid Japan
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Science & Technology › Biotech & Genetics
CSE2004

Consider the following statements: (2004)

  1. Adam Osborne produced the first portable computer
  2. Ian Wilmut created the first cloned sheep

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A 1 only
  2. B 2 only
  3. C Both 1 and 2
  4. D Neither 1 nor 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
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