Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 157

Question: The branch of biology dealing with the process of improvement of human race by selective breeding is called [AIIMS 1997]

Options:

A) Euthenics

B) Eugenics

C) Euphenics

D) Obstetrics

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Eugenics is the branch of science which deals with improvement of human race genetically.

This aspect of human betterment aims to improve the human germplasm by encouraging the inheritance of best characteristics so that defective characters may be eliminated.