Which part would be most suitable for raising virus-free plants for micropropagation?

1. Bark 2. Vascular tissue
3. Meristem 4. Node

Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness

associated with vitamin-A deficiency ?

1. Flaver savr tomato

2. Canolla

3. Golden rice

4. Bt-brinjal

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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Which one of the following is a case of wrong matching ?

1. Somatic hybridisation - Fusion of two diverse cells

2. Vector DNA - Site for tRNA synthesis

3. Micropropogation - In vitro production of plants in large numbers

4. Callus - Unorganised mass of cells produced in tissue culture

Subtopic:  Tools: Vectors: I | Tools |
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'Jaya', and 'Ratna', developed for green revolution in India are the varieties of

1. rice

2. wheat 

3. bajra

4. maize

Subtopic:  Impact: Green Revolution (OLD NCERT) |
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A collection of plants and seeds having diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop is called

1. germplasm

2. gene library

3. genome

4. herbarium

Subtopic:  Plant Breeding & Its Steps (OLD NCERT) |
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'Himgiri' developed by hybridisation and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of

1. maize

2. sugarcane

3. wheat

4. chilli

Subtopic:  Breeding for Disease Resistance (OLD NCERT) |
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When two unrelated individuals or lines are crossed, the performance of F1 hybrid is often

superior to both its parents. This phenomenon is called

1. transformation

2. splicing

3. metamorphosis

4. heterosis

Subtopic:  Plant Breeding & Its Steps (OLD NCERT) |
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Breeding of crops with high levels of minerals, vitamins and proteins is called

1. somatic hybridisation

2. biofortification

3. biomagnification

4. micropropogation

Subtopic:  Plant Breeding for Quality (OLD NCERT) |
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Somaclones are obtained by

1. tissue culture

2. plant breeding

3. irradiation

4. genetic engineering

Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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Polyethylene glycol method is used for

1. gene transfer without a vector

2. biodiesel production

3. seedless fruit production

4. energy production from sewage

Subtopic:  Transforming Plant & Animal Cell |
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