Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering of Plants
JKPSC Assistant Professor (Botany) · Botany · 48 practice questions with answers and explanations: 0 Easy, 48 Medium, 0 Hard.
Sample questions
Sample Medium question 1
The first somatic hybrid plant was the:
- Triticale
- Raphanobrassica
- Pomato (potato + tomato)
- Tomato–brinjal
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Answer: C. It did not give fruit.
Sample Medium question 2
A cybrid is a hybrid with:
- Nucleus from one parent and cytoplasm from both
- Two nuclei only
- No cytoplasm
- Only cytoplasm
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Answer: A. It is made by protoplast fusion.
Sample Medium question 3
Somaclonal variation is the:
- Variation arising in tissue-cultured plants
- Variation in seeds
- Variation in animals
- Variation in wild plants
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Answer: A. It can be used in breeding.
More Botany topics for JKPSC Assistant Professor (Botany)
- Biotechniques and Biostatistics
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Cytology, Genetics and Cytogenetics
- Diversity and Evolution of Lower Plants
- Ecology and Environment
- Microbiology, Mycology and Plant Pathology
- Physiology and Metabolism
- Plant Anatomy, Reproduction and Economic Botany
- Taxonomy and Systematics of Angiosperms