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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 173 of 200

Q173
General ScienceBiology
The first transgenic plant was produces
  1. a.Rice
  2. b.Tobacco
  3. c.Maiz
  4. d.Cotton

Answer: (B) Tobacco

The first transgenic plant was tobacco, engineered in 1983 to carry an antibiotic-resistance gene using Agrobacterium. Transgenic rice, maize and Bt cotton came later.

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