Multiple Choice Questions

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Micropropagation is a technique for production of

  • true to type plants

  • haploid plant

  • somatic hybrids

  • somaclonal plants


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somaclonal plants

The method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture is called micropropagation. Each of these plants will be genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown, ie, they are somaclones. Many important food plants like tomato, banana, apple, etc, have been produced on commercial scale using this method.


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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


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

  • Selection

  • Grafting

  • Hybridization

  • Hybridization followed by selection


Which one of the following is a systematic insecticide

  • Malathion

  • Endrin

  • Parathion

  • Furadan


The father of green revolution in India is

  • Calvin

  • Haberlandt

  • Norman Borlaug

  • Swaminathan


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

  • 42

  • 21

  • 7

  • 14


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


Percentage composition of fibroin and sericin in silk is

  • 50 : 40

  • 80 : 20

  • 30 : 70

  • 40 : 60


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In honey, the percentage of maltose and other sugar is

  • 9.2

  • 8.81

  • 10.5

  • 11.2


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