Technology : Biotechnology And Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Q 24 / 34

UPSC CSE Prelims 2004

Consider the following statements:
  1. Adam Osborne introduced the first portable computer.
  2. Ian Wilmut created the first cloned sheep.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

EXPLANATION

Correct Option

Statement 1 is correct. Adam Osborne introduced the Osborne 1 in 1981, which is widely recognized as the world's first commercially successful portable computer. This development was a significant milestone in personal computing history.

Statement 2 is correct. Ian Wilmut, a Scottish embryologist, led the team at the Roslin Institute that successfully cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996. Dolly was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, representing a major achievement in genetic engineering and cloning research.

Incorrect Options

Option (a) is incorrect because statement 2 is also factually correct.

Option (b) is incorrect because statement 1 is also factually correct.

Option (d) is incorrect because both statements 1 and 2 are accurate.

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