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Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin ‘A’ deficiency?

  1. A
    Bt-Brinjal
  2. B
    ‘Flaver Savr’ tomato
  3. C
    Canola
  4. D
    Golden rice

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Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice () produced to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice. It was developed to combat Vitamin A deficiency, which causes night blindness and xerophthalmia.

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Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin ‘A’ deficiency?
A
Bt-Brinjal
B
‘Flaver Savr’ tomato
C
Canola
D
Golden rice

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