Question

Main objective of production/use of herbicide
resistant GM crops is to
(a) eliminate weeds from the field without the
use of manual labour
(b) eliminate weeds from the field without the
use of herbicides
(c) encourage eco-friendly herbicides
(d) reduce herbicide accumulation in food
articles for health safety

Answer 1

Answer:option A

Transgenic plants resistant to several herbicides, eg, glyphosate, gluphosinate, sulphonylireas etc, have been successfully developed. Main objective of production/use of herbicide resistant genetically modified crops is to reduce herbicide accumulation in food articles for health safety.

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) eliminate weeds from the field without the use of manual labour.

Explanation:

Weeds consume the nutrition given to crops.

In order to avoid this issue, weeds are removed.

This requires manpower. Therefore using herbicide resistant GM crops would reduce consumption of time and energy of peasants