NEET UG 2024 · Botany · Question 132
NEET 2024 Botany, question 132
Question 132 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Botany question from Biotechnology and its Applications. Its idea, Specific Cry Gene Targets, was asked twice, both in 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q132 · Botany
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Bt toxins are insect group specific and coded by a gene IAc.
Statement II : Bt toxin exists as inactive protoxin in . However, after ingestion by the insect the inactive protoxin gets converted into active form due to acidic pH of the insect gut.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1Statement I is true but Statement II is falseOfficial answer
- 2Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- 4Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Specific Cry Gene Targets, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, both in 2024. The other question below.
- 2024 Q183Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. α-1 antitrypsin | I. Cotton bollworm B. Cry IAb | II. ADA deficiency C. Cry IAc | III.…Match the lists · Medium
Specific Cry Gene Targets: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Biotechnology and its Applications in ten years of NEET
24 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.3 a paper. Transgenic Plants alone had 12.