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Question 41 Takeaways: 👉This question shows UPSC's increasing focus on emerging technologies and biotechnology. 👉 Nowadays, UPSC is less interested in technical jargon and more interested in whether candidates understand the basic scientific principles behind contemporary developments. 👉In biotechnology, UPSC often frames questions around a common misconception. Here, Statement 3 exploits the tendency to assume that gene therapy "changes DNA" and therefore must change all of it. UPSC frequently tests whether candidates can distinguish between targeted intervention and whole-system alteration. 👉For preparation, focus on understanding the purpose and mechanism of important technologies rather than memorizing laboratory details. 👉Topics such as gene therapy, CRISPR-Cas9, mRNA technology, stem cells, recombinant DNA technology, genome sequencing, and synthetic biology have become high-yield areas because of their growing relevance in healthcare, agriculture, and public policy. 👉A useful approach is to study every major biotechnology topic through four questions: 🔹What problem does it solve? 🔹How does it work at a basic level? 🔹What are its applications? 🔹What are its ethical, regulatory, or safety concerns? 👉Recent UPSC papers show a clear shift toward science and technology integrated with current affairs. Candidates who develop conceptual clarity can often solve such questions even without having read the specific news item from which the question originated. #Science_Tech #UPSC2026 #PYQs