NATIONAL LEVEL QUIZ ON TISSUE CULTURE & BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

NATIONAL LEVEL QUIZ ON TISSUE CULTURE & BIOTECHNOLOGY

1. Tissue culture technique can be applied for 

1. crop improvement

2. synthetic seed production

3. propagation of rare plans

4. all of the above.

Answer: all of the above.

 

2. Who among the following is called "father of tissue culture" 

1. Nitsch

2. Haberlandt

3. S.C. Maheshwari

4. Stephen Hales.

Answer: Haberlandt

 

3. Who among the following is called "Father of Indian plant tissue culture" ? 

1. S.C. Maheshwara Swamy

2. T.M. Varghese

3. P. Maheshwari

4. C.M. Sarma.

Answer: P. Maheshwari

4. In India tissue culture technology was first developed at : 

1. Department of Botany, Delhi University, Delhi

2. Haryana Agriculture University Hissar

3. Central rice research institute, cuttack

4. Department of Botany, Patna University Patna.

Answer: Department of Botany, Delhi University, Delhi

 

5. Tissue culture is : 

1. gene biotechnology

2. non gene biotechnology

3. Both gene and non gene biotechnology

4. NONE

Answer: non gene biotechnology

 

6. Tissue culture is : 

1. multicellular culture

2. unicellular culture

3. acellular culture

4. all of the above

Answer: multicellular culture

7. Virus free clonal plants can be produced 

1. From Cutting

2. By Anther Culture

3. By Shoot tip culture

4. By Micropropagation

Answer: By Shoot tip culture 

8. Totipotency of cell is the ability of 

1. Permanent cells to divide if proper nutrient supply is maintained exogenously

2. Permanent cells to divide even in stress condition

3. Meristematic cells not to divide in stress condition

4. Non-living cells to divide if proper nutrient supply is maintained exogenously

Answer: Permanent cells to divide if proper nutrient supply is maintained exogenously

 

9. In India first plantlet re-generated from pollen grain through tissue culture technique was 

1. Solanum nigrum

2. Nicotiona tabaccum

3. Datura annoxia

4. Dacus carota

Answer: Datura annoxia

 

10. Bamboos generally flower once in a multiple of 12 Years, Now a technique has been developed to induce early flowering in tissue cultured bamboos at: 

1. University of Hyderabad

2. Haryana Agriculture University

3. Rajendra Agriculture University

4. University of Delhi

Answer: University of Delhi

12. Basic Need/Needs of Tissue culture is/are 

1. Nutrient Medium

2. Aseptic Condition

3. Aeration

4. All the Above

Answer: All the Above

13. High Auxin/Cytokinin ratio favours: 

1. Shoot formation

2. Root Formation

3. Both Shoot and Root formation

4. Leaf formation

Answer: Root Formation

14. Acclimatization is a process of 

1. Hardening

2. Sub-Culture

3. Inoculation

4. Callus formation

Answer: Hardening

 

15.Which of the following is NOT organ culture 

1. Anther Culture

2. Embryo Culture

3. Ovary Culture

4. Leaf Culture

Answer: Embryo Culture

16. Tissue Culture Techniques has been successfully used for producing 

1. alcoholic beverages

2. cheese

3. shikonin

4. insulin

Answer: shikonin

 

17. The Potential use of protoplast fusion technology is: 

1. Production of somatic hybrids of geneticaly diverse species

2. Transfer of cell organelles from one species to another

3. Transfer of a few chromosomes or genes between divergent species

4. All the above

Answer: All the above

18. First time Protoplasts are isolated by 

1. haberlandt

2. Cockling

3. Carlson

4. Gutherd & White

Answer: Cockling

 

19. Bacillus thuringiensis is a 

1. Bio-Pesticide

2. Antibiotic Bacteria

3. Natural Herbicide

4. Bio-Insecticide

Answer: Bio-Insecticide

20. GMO stands for 

1. Genetically Molecular Organism

2. Genetically Modified Organism

3. Gene Moderate Organism

4. Genetically Moderate Organism

Answer: Genetically Modified Organism

 

21. Golden Rice Contain 

Vitamin-A

Vitamin-A&D

Vitamin-K

Vitamin-A&K

Answer: Vitamin-A