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This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is not an application of tissue culture? |
| A. | Rapid Clonal Propagation |
| B. | Somaclonal Variations |
| C. | Embryo rescue |
| D. | Transgenic plants |
| Answer» D. Transgenic plants | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is not related to embryo culture? |
| A. | Growth of embryos on culture medium |
| B. | Developing seedlings |
| C. | Multiplication of rare plants |
| D. | Making virus-free plants |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
What are somatic hybrids? |
| A. | Hybrid protoplasts |
| B. | Protoplasts |
| C. | Fused plasmids |
| D. | Fused Chloroplast |
| Answer» B. Protoplasts | |
| 4. |
Pomato is a somatic hybrid. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 5. |
What is protoplast? |
| A. | Cell wall + Plasma membrane |
| B. | Plant cell cell wall |
| C. | Cytoplasm + cell wall |
| D. | Plasma membrane cytoplasm |
| Answer» C. Cytoplasm + cell wall | |
| 6. |
Which of the following plant s meristem has not been successfully cultured? |
| A. | Banana |
| B. | Apple |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | Potato |
| Answer» C. Sugarcane | |
| 7. |
Which of the following plant part is free from the attack of the virus? |
| A. | Stem |
| B. | Root |
| C. | Meristem |
| D. | Leaves |
| Answer» D. Leaves | |
| 8. |
What are somaclones? |
| A. | Plants chemically identical to the original plant |
| B. | Plants morphologically identical to the original plant |
| C. | Plants anatomically identical to the original plant |
| D. | Plants genetically identical to the original plant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Essential requirement of an artificial medium in which explant is being regenerated is __________ |
| A. | the medium should have a sulphur source |
| B. | the medium should have very low carbon concentration |
| C. | the medium must provide a carbon source |
| D. | the medium must provide a nitrogen donor |
| Answer» D. the medium must provide a nitrogen donor | |
| 10. |
The capacity to generate a whole new plant from any cell is known as micropropagation. |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» B. True | |
| 11. |
What is an explant? |
| A. | A part of plant grown under soil |
| B. | Any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube |
| C. | A specific part of a plant grown in a test tube |
| D. | Leaves grew under test tube |
| Answer» C. A specific part of a plant grown in a test tube | |
| 12. |
Which of the following scientist was not responsible for developing somatic hybrids? |
| A. | Steward |
| B. | Halperin |
| C. | Wetherell |
| D. | Skoog |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Tissue culture technique was first practised by _____________ |
| A. | White |
| B. | Haberlandt |
| C. | Halperin |
| D. | Skoog |
| Answer» C. Halperin | |
| 14. |
What is plant tissue culture? |
| A. | The technique of in vitro maintaining and growing cells |
| B. | The technique of in vivo growing cells |
| C. | The technique of growing plants in gardens |
| D. | The technique of cutting plants |
| Answer» B. The technique of in vivo growing cells | |