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What is golden rice?

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Golden rice is a genetically modified rice with high levels of `beta`-carotene and other carotenoids. This rice is modified in order to enhance the quantity of vitamin-A in it. It is called golden due to the gold-like colour it gets from `beta`-carotene.
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  • Golden rice is:

    A
    A variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China
    B
    Long stored rice having yellow colour tint
    C
    A transgenic rice having gene for bcu otene
    D
    Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains

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