• 1. 
    Micro propagation involves

  • small explants used for vegetative multiplication of plants
  • microbes used for vegetative multiplication of plants
  • microspores used for vegetative multiplication of plants
  • megaspores and microspores used for non-vegetative multiplication of plants
  • 2. 
    Pick the incorrect statement – Agar is a gelling agent in plant tissue culture medium

  • it is not digested by the enzymes of plants
  • it is not used in micropropagation work
  • does not react with media constituents
  • remains stable at incubation temperature
  • 3. 
    Solidifying agent that is used in plant tissue culture is

  • Agar
  • EDTA
  • Cobaltous chloride
  • Nicotinic acid
  • 4. 
    Benefit of clonal propagation or micropropagation is

  • multiplication of sexually derived sterile hybrids
  • multiplication of disease free plants
  • rapid multiplication of superior clones
  • all of these
  • 5. 
    Protoplasts can be synthesized from suspension cultures, intact tissues or callus tissues by the enzymatic treatment with

  • proteolytic enzymes
  • both pectolytic and cellulolytic enzymes
  • pectolytic enzymes
  • cellulolytic enzymes
  • 6. 
    In artificial media, the growth of plant tissues is

  • gene expression
  • transgenesis
  • plant tissue culture
  • cell hybridization
  • 7. 
    An excised piece of stem tissue or leaf used in micropropagation is

  • scion
  • explant
  • medium
  • microshoot
  • 8. 
    Protoplasts are devoid of

  • cell wall
  • cell membrane
  • both cell membrane and cell wall
  • none of these
  • 9. 
    This plant propagation technique uses girdling

  • cuttings
  • grafting
  • both and
  • layering
  • 10. 
    __________ is used to develop virus free plants

  • cell suspension culture
  • protoplast culture
  • meristem culture
  • organ culture
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