Multiple Choice Questions

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In plant tissue culture, the callus tissues can be regenerated into complete plantlets primarily by altering the concentration of

  • sugars

  • vitamins

  • amino acids

  • hormones


D.

hormones

In plant tissue culture, the callus tissues can be regenerated into complete plantlets primarily by altering the concentration of hormones. Infact, shoot and root regenerations are, generally controlled by auxin-cytokinin balance. Usually an excess of auxins promotes root regenration while cytokinins promote shoot regeneration.


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Micropropagation is a technique for production of

  • true to type plants

  • haploid plant

  • somatic hybrids

  • somaclonal plants


Root cells of wheat has 2n = 42 chromosomes. Which one of the following is the basic chromosome number of wheat?

  • 42

  • 21

  • 7

  • 14


Percentage composition of fibroin and sericin in silk is

  • 50 : 40

  • 80 : 20

  • 30 : 70

  • 40 : 60


Which one of the following is a systematic insecticide

  • Malathion

  • Endrin

  • Parathion

  • Furadan


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Which one of the following poultry birds is not an english breed?

  • Sussex

  • Australorp

  • Orpington

  • Minorca


Pieces of plant tissue used in culture is called

  • explant

  • domaclone

  • inoculant

  • clone


In honey, the percentage of maltose and other sugar is

  • 9.2

  • 8.81

  • 10.5

  • 11.2


The father of green revolution in India is

  • Calvin

  • Haberlandt

  • Norman Borlaug

  • Swaminathan


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By which of the following methods, new and better varieties of plants can be formed

  • Selection

  • Grafting

  • Hybridization

  • Hybridization followed by selection


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