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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Which of the following diseases is related to cadmium pollution?

  • Minamata

  • Pneumoconiosis

  • Anaemia

  • Itai- Itai


Balbiani rings are the sites of

  • DNA replication

  • RNA and protein synthesis

  • synthesis of lipids

  • synthesis of polysaccharides


MRI is not allowed in the following conditions except one. Identify the exception

  • Presence of pacemaker in the body

  • Pregnant women

  • Person suffering from stroke

  • Presence of metallic plate in the body for treatment of broken bones


Test cross is a cross between

  • hybrid and dominant parent

  • hybrid and recessive parent

  • two hybrid parents

  • two distantly related species


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First genetically modified plant commercially released in India is

  • golden rice

  • slow ripening tomato

  • Bt brinjal

  • Bt cotton


Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after parturition is

  • ICSH

  • Prolactin

  • ACTH

  • LH


Exine of pollen grain is made up o

  • pectocellulose

  • lignocellulose

  • sporopollenin

  • pollen kit


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

  • 42

  • 21

  • 7

  • 14


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In a DNA molecule, distance between two bases is

  • 2 nm/ 20 Å

  • 0.2 nm/ 2 Å

  • 3.4 nm/ 34 Å

  • 0.34 nm/ 3.4 Å