Plant tissue culture MCQs with Answer
1. The cultivation of plant tissue or organ of the plant in artificial nutrient medium is called as
A. Genetic engineering
B. Plant tissue culture
C. Hybridization
D. Biotransformation
2. Ability of single cell to divide and develop into whole plant
A. Plasticity
B. Totipontency
C. Polyploidy
D. Multipotenty
3. In callus culture, higher concentration of Auxin as compared to Cytokinin induce the formation
A. Adventitious Shoot
B. Adventitious Root
C. Bothe Root and Shoot
D. None of the above
4. Haploid plant develop by
A. Anther culture
B. Root culture
C. Leaf culture
D. Meristem culture
5. Which of the following is not the component of Nutrient medium for Plant tissue culture
A. Plant growth regulator
B. Sucrose
C. Globulin
D. Inorganic salt
6. Plant cell without cell wall is known as
A. Chloroplast
B. Protoplast
C. Chromoplast
D. Leucoplast
7. Plant part which is used for tissue culture technique is called
A. Plantlet
B. Embryo
C. Explant
D. Scion
8. Father of Plant tissue culture technique
A. Braun
B. Hanning
C. Glautherate
D. Gotlib Haberlandt
9. Somatic hybrid is developed by
1. Seed Culture
2. Protoplast fusion
3. Layering
4. Grafting
10. Type of culture required for secondary metabolite production
A. Seed culture
B. Leaf culture
C. Suspension culture
D. Bud Culture
11. Synthetic seed obtained by encapsulating
A. Somatic Embryo
B. Somatic seed
C. Somatic cell
D. Protoplast
12. Embryo culture is carried out in 1904 by
A. Braun
B. Hanning
C. Glautherate
D. Gotlib haberlandt
13. Which bacteria is used for the hairy root culture (genetic engineering in plant)
A. Agrobacterium rhizogenes
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Yersinia pestis
D. Chlamydia trachomatis
14. First transgenic plant
A. Potato
B. Tobacco
C. Datura
D. Tomato
15. Enzyme required to produce protoplast
A. Cellulase and pectinase
B. Pectinase and Zymase
C. Protease
D. Pepsin
16. Process of transferring callus in fresh medium for the maintenance of its growth
A. Inoculation
B. Subcultering
C. Incubation
D. Biotransformation
17. Commonly used solidifying medium for tissue culture medium
A. Gelatin
B. Starch
C. Agar
D. Pectin
18. Most commonly used carbon source in plant tissue culture medium
A. Maltose
B. Starch
C. Sucrose
D. Cellulose
19. Optimum pH of prepared nutrient medium before sterilization
A. 4-5
B. 5-6
C. 6-7
D. 7-8
20. Protoplast consist of following except
A. Cell wall
B. Cell membrane
C. Cell wall and Cell membrane
D. Mitochondria
