Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Ganga is India’s first cloned Gir female calf.
2.Cloning involves a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.
3.Therapeutic cloning is used to produce copies of the whole animal.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 and 2 are correct. Ganga is India’s first cloned Gir female calf. Cloning involves a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity. Cloning can be done both naturally and artificially.
Statement 3 is incorrect. Therapeutic cloning produces embryonic stem cells for experiments aimed at creating tissues to replace injured or diseased ones.
Source: ForumIAS
