In plant tissue culture, what is the term ORGANOGENESIS means?

Formation of callus culture

Formation of root & shoot from callus culture
Genesis of organ
None of the above
In a cell, protoplast consists of the following EXCEPT...?
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Media room of a plant tissue culture lab should consist of the following
EXCEPT…?
pH meter
Autoclave machine
Analytical balance
Biosafety cabinet
In growth room, humidifier serves as?
Contaminant reducer
Humidity reducer
Medium drying preventer
Temperature controller
What is the name of naturally occurring Auxin in plant?
1-napthaleneacetic acid (NAA)
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)
Indole 3-acetic acid (IAA)
1-napthoxyacetic acid (NOA)
The growth of plant tissues in artificial media is called
 Gene expression
Transgenesis
Plant tissue culture
Cell hybridization
Name the term given to the ability of single cells to divide and produce all
the differentiated cell in the organism?
Unipotent
Pluripotent
Multipotent
Totipotency
Out of the following, which one is NOT the basic component of culture
media used for plant cultivation?
Complex mixture of salts
Amino acids
Serum albumin
Sugar/ sucrose
Mark the INCORRECT statement about agar, a gelling agent in plant tissue
culture medium?
Not digested by plant enzymes
It does not use in micropropagation work
It does not react with media constituents
Remain stable at incubation temperature
Which of the following is NOT a plant growth regulator?
Auxin
Cytokinins
Abscisic acid
Polyphenols
Which of the following is the main effect of cytokines in the tissue culture
system?
Adventitious shoot formation
Induction of somatic embryos
Adventitious root formation
Shoot elongation
Which of the following plant hormone control fruit ripening?
Ethylene
Auxin
Gibberellins
Abscisic acid
Which of the following plant hormones is incorrectly paired with its
function?
Cytokinin - promotes senescence
Gibberellins – stimulate seed and bud germination
Ethylene – promotes fruit ripening
Abscisic acid – promote seed and bud dormancy
Plant tissue culture technique is a redefined method of
Hybridization
Vegetative Propagation
Asexual Reproduction
Selection
Somatic hybridization is achieved through
Grafting
Protoplast fusion
Conjugation
Recombinant DNA technology
The enzymes required to obtain wall-free / naked protoplasts are
 Cellulase and Proteinase
Cellulase and Pectinase
Cellulase and amylase
Amylase and Pectinase
A __________ is an excised piece of leaf or stem tissue used in
micropropagation.
Micro shoot
Medium
Explant
Scion
Protoplasts can be produced from suspension cultures, callus tissues or intact
tissues by enzymatic treatment with
Cellulotyic enzymes
Pectolytic enzymes
Both cellulotyic and pectolytic enzymes
Proteolytic enzymes
In a callus culture
Increasing level of cytokinin to a callus induces shoot formation and
increasing level of auxin promote root formation
Increasing level of auxin to a callus induces shoot formation and
increasing level of cytokinin promote root formation
Auxins and cytokinins are not required
Only auxin is required for root and shoot formation
The phenomenon of the reversion of mature cells to the meristematic state
leading to the formation of callus is known as
Redifferentiation
Dedifferentiation
Either (a) or (b)
None of these
The ability of the component cells of callus to form a whole plant is known
as
Redifferentiation
Dedifferentiation
Either (a) or (b)
None of these
What is/are the benefit(s) of micropropagation or clonal propagation?
Rapid multiplication of superior clones
Multiplication of disease free plants
Multiplication of sexually derived sterile hybrids
All of the above
Cellular totipotency is the property of
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
All of these
Who is the father of plant tissue culture?
Bonner
Haberlandt
Laibach
Gautheret
Callus is
Tissues that forms embryo
An insoluble carbohydrates
Tissue that grows to form embryoid
Unorganized actively dividing mass of cells maintained in cultured
Growth hormone producing apical dominance is
 Auxin
Gibberellin
Ethylene
Cytokinin
A medium which is composed of chemically defined compound is called
Natural media
Synthetic media
Artificial media
None of these
Which of the following plant cell will show totipotency?
Xylem vessels
Sieve tube
Meristem
Cork cells
Horticulture is the study that includes
Fruits, vegetables and flowers
All food crops
Vegetable gardens and lawns near hotels only
Some bush crops and apples
In hybridization this is not part of the technique used
Transfer pollen
Collect pollen
Emasculate
Use of two plants to bridge the stems together
Tissue culture is a good technique to
Cross two varieties
Rapidly increase the size of a trees by strengthening the stem
 Eliminate virus
Improve yield of crops
The pH in soils can be raised by adding:
Sand
Lime
Sulphur
Nitrogen
Advantages of Artificial Methods of Vegetative Reproduction include
Crops with better quality
Crops with more yield
Ability to produce plants with desirable qualities
All of these
Urea is a source of
Phosphorous
Nitrogen
Potassium
All of the above
A plant breeder: wants to develop a disease resistant variety. What should he
do first?
Hybridisation
Mutation
Selection
Production of crop
Main function of bio fertilizer is
To increase chemical process
To increase physiological process
To increase biological process
 To increase photosynthesis process
The time duration for sterilization process by using autoclave is ______
minutes and the temperature is _______
10 to 30 minutes and 125° C
15 to 30 minutes and 121° C
15 to 20 minutes and 125° C
10 to 20 minutes and 121° C
Virus free plants are developed from
Organ culture
Meristem culture
Protoplast culture
Cell suspension culture
Solidifying agent used in plant tissue culture is
Nicotinic acid
Cobaltous chloride
EDTA
Agar
Which one is involved in DNA repair?
Ligase
Primase
DNA polymerase III
DNA polymerase I
The final stage in the plant tissue culture programme before the new plants
are taken out for cultivation in the fields is known as
Hardening
Micropropagation
Embryogenesis
Caulogenesis
The major application of embryo culture is in
Clonal propagation
Production of embryoids
Overcoming hybridization barrier
Induction of soma clonal variation
Aims of plant breeding are to produce
Disease – free varieties
High – yielding variety
Early – maturing varieties
All of the above
Complementary genes interaction was first discovered in
Lathyrus odoratus
Mirabilis jalapa
Cucurbita pepo
Antirrhinum
The gene that masks or suppresses other gene is called
Hypostatic
Epistatic
Mutant
Allele
Gene interaction takes place because
A single gene control a single character
A pair of genes are responsible for a single character
A pair of genes control two characters
More than a pair of genes control a single character
Two pairs of non-allelic dominant genes which interact to produce one
phenotype is
 Complementary genes
Supplementary genes
Epistasis
Dihybrid cross
The gene which is suppressed from expressing its effect by the other gene is
called
Epistasis
Hypostatic
Epistatic
Complementary genes
The effect of both epistatic and hypostatic is known as
Complementary genes
Supplementary genes
Epistasis
Mutation
The phenotypic ratio of complementary genes in sweet pea is
3:1
9:7
9:3:3:1
12:3:1
If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG, what
would be the complementary RNA strand sequence?
AACTG
ATCGU
TTAGU
UAGAC
Why are UGA, UAG and UAA called termination codons?
They do not specify any amino acid
 They are present at the beginning of mRNA
They terminate anticodon
They indicate initiation of translation
During DNA replication, Okazaki fragments are formed in the direction of
3’-5’
5’-3’
5’-5’
3’-3’
In the DNA molecule
The proportion of Adenine in relation to thymine varies with the
organism
There are two strands which run parallel in the 5′ → 3′
direction
There are two strands which run antiparallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction
and other in 3′ → 5′
The total amount of purine nucleotides and pyrimidine nucleotides is
not always equal
Number of nitrogenous bases in a codons is
3
2
1
5
In a DNA strand the nucleotides are held together by
Peptide bond
Phosphodiester bond
Glycosidic bond
Hydrogen bond
There are 64 codons in the genetic dictionary as
 Genetic code has a triplet nature
There are 64 amino acid to be coded
There are 3 nonsense codons and 61 sense codons
There are 64 different types of t-RNA
Molecular scissors which cut DNA at specific site is
Pectinase
Polymerase
Restriction endonuclease
Ligase
DNA is a polymer made of
Amino acid
Fats
Sugar
Nucleotides
RNA has the sugar________ , instead of deoxyribose
Fructose
Ribose
Sucrose
Deoxyribose
The jumping genes are
Introns
Transposons
Exons
Operons
The anti-parallel nature of DNA refers to
Its charged phosphate group
The formation of hydrogen bond between base from opposite strands
 The opposite direction of the two strand
The pairing of base on one strand with bases on other
The DNA is made up of two chains that twist about one another in the shape
of a
Broken ladder
Straight ladder
Straight spiral
Double helix
Which enzyme add complementary nucleotides, which are floating inside
nucleus?
DNA Polymerase
DNA Synthetase
Lipase
None of these
If the amount of adenine and thymine in a dsDNA is 45%, the amount
guanine in this DNA will be
22.5%
27.5%
45%
55%
The one aspect which is not the salient feature of the genetic code, is its
being
Specific
Degenerate
Ambiguous
Universal
RNA polymerase is only capable of catalysing the process of
Termination
 Elongation
Initiation
All of the above
Which of the following is not an essential elements for plants?
Iron
Zinc
Potassium
Iodine
Which of the following statement is correct regarding trace element?
Trace element is a radioactive element and can be traced by Geiger
counter
It is required in very minute amounts
Draws other elements out of protoplasm
Was one of the firsts to be discovered in protoplasm
Ammonium sulphate is
Insecticide
Weedicide
Fertilizer
Tonic chemical
Boron in green plants assists in
Activation of enzymes
Act as enzyme cofactor
Photosynthesis
Sugar transport
Chlorosis occurs when plants are grown in
Dark
Shade
 Strong light
Iron free medium
Deficiency of mineral nutrients is not responsible for
Shortening of internode
Necrosis
Chlorosis
Etiolation
Essential macro elements are
Manufactured during photosynthesis
Produced by enzymes
Absorbed from soil
Produced by growth hormones
Fall of immature leaf is due to deficiency of
Sulphur
Phosphorous
Sodium
Zinc
Hydroponics are
Growing of aquatic plants
Growing of floating aquatic plants
Growing of plants in sand
Growing of plants in aqueous balanced nutrient
Important contribution of molybdenum is
Chromosome condensation
Nitrogen fixation
Flower growth
Carbon fixation
NPK denotes
Nitrogen, protein, kinetin
Nitrogen, protein, potassium
Nitrogen potassium, kinetin
Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium
Which of the following is not a micronutrient?
Magnesium
Molybdenum
Boron
Zinc
In tissue culture, low cytokinin to auxin ratio causes
Root differentiation
Shoot differentiation
Both a and b
None of these
In tissue culture, high cytokinin to auxin ratio causes
Root differentiation
Shoot differentiation
Both a and b
None of these
Which plant hormone helps in breaking the dormancy of plant?
Auxin
B. Gibberellin
C. Cytokinin
D. Ethylene
The aim of plant breeding are to produce
Disease free varieties
High yield varieties
 Early maturing varieties
All of the above
Crosses between the plants of the same variety are called
Interspecific
Intervarietal
Intravarietal
Intergeneric
Under the prevention of food adulteration (PFA) act, the level of iodine in
iodized salt at production level is NOT less then
30ppm
25 ppm
20 ppm
15 ppm
Soma clonal variation appears in plants
Growing in polluted water or soil
Exposed to gamma rays
Raised in tissue culture
Transformed by rDNA technology
Who is known as the Father of Genetics?
Erich Tschemark
Carl Correns
Gregor Johann Mendel
Hugo de Vries
Mendel discovered factors which remain its identity in a hybrid, these factors
are
Genes
Alleles
DNA
 Chromosomes
Which of the following specimen was chosen by Mendel for his experiment?
Drosophila
Fly
Rat
Pisum sativum
Mark the INCORRECT statement about Pisum sativum?
Long life cycle
Easy hybridization
Bisexual flower
Well-defined discrete characters
What is an allele?
Characteristics of an organism
Alternate forms of genes
Homologous chromosomes
Pair of centrioles
Which of the following is NOT Mendel’s law of inheritance?
Law of dominance
Law of segregation
Law of heterozygous
Law of independent assortment
Out of the following, which law is also known as the law of purity of
gametes?
Law of co-dominance
Law of independent assortment
Law of segregation
Law of dominance
Name the cross by which law of independent assortment inferred.
Dihybrid cross
Monohybrid cross
Test cross
Back cross
Which of the following is an example of incomplete dominance?
AB blood group
Mirabilis jalapa
Shape of crown in poultry
Mouse coat colour
The Phenomenon of two or more than two genes affecting the expression of
each other is called
Crossing over
Pairing
Gene interaction
Linkage
Which of the following does not show Mendel’s law of inheritance?
Masking gene interaction
Epistasis
Supplementary gene interaction
Codominance
What is epistasis?
Type of linkage
Masking or modifying gene effect
Upper portion of a chromosome
Group of genes
Which of the following is NOT the type of epistasis?
 Dominant
Recessive
Collaborative
Supplementary
Choose the correct ratio, which shows the masking gene interaction
(epistatis)?
12:3:1
9:3:4
1:2:1
9:7
Name the phenomenon where two genes have the same expression of the
character?
Pleiotropy
Phenocopy
Penetrance
Expressivity
What is psudoallele?
Allele with similar function
Allele with similar structure
Alleles with similar function and structure
Alleles with similar function and different structure
The tendency of two or more than two genes to stay together during
inheritance is called
Genetics
Gene interaction
Crossing over
Linkage
Which of the following statement is NOT true regarding linkage group?
 Group of physically linked genes
Represent a haploid number of chromosomes
Shown by linkage map
Linkage groups are not correlated with each other
Damage and errors in DNA cause
Mutation
DNA repair
Translation
Transcription
Name the term given to the type of mutation which depends on the
conditions of the environment?
Forward mutation
Reverse mutation
Conditional lethal mutation
Gain of function mutation
Name the type of mutation in which the cause of mutation is not known?
Spontaneous mutation
Suppressor mutation
Nonsense mutation
Miss-sense mutation
Addition or deletion of bases causes which kind of mutation?
Transversion
Frameshift mutation
Transition
Transcription
The correction of changes in DNA by a set of process known as
Replication
 DNA repair
Transcription
Translation
Name the repair system for UV mediated damage of DNA?
Exchange of homologous segments
DNA glycosylase
Nucleotide excision repair
Photo reactivation
Which of the following enzyme is used in photoreactivation process?
DNA ligase
DNA photolyase
DNA polymerase
Primase
Name the repair system which involves the removal of the damaged segment
of DNA?
Recombination repair
Direct repair
Excision repair
Mismatched repair
Name the enzyme which initiates base excision repair process
RNA polymerase
DNA polymerase
DNA photolyase
DNA glycosylase
Which of the following enzyme works in the nucleotide excision repair?
DNA photolyase
ABC exinuclease
 DNA glycosylase
RecA
Which of the following is NOT the function of the enzyme systems involved
in mismatch repair?
Recognize mismatched base pair
Gene conversion
Determine incorrect base from a mismatch
Excise incorrect base and carry out repair system
What is a mode of replication in E.coli?
Intermediate
Dispersive
Conservative
Semiconservative
What is the origin of replication?
Particular site at which DNA replication starts
Site which prevents initiation
Random location on the DNA
Site at which replication terminated
How many numbers of replicon is found in E.coli?
Five replicon
Two replicon
Single replicon
Multiple replicon
Which of the following protein is required for connecting Okazaki
fragments?
Scaffold protein
Helicase
Primase
 DNA gyrase and ligase
Name the protein, which is responsible for the formation of RNA primer?
Topoisomerase
Gyrase
Helicase
Primase
Which of this factor is not responsible for thermal denaturation of DNA?
PH
Temperature
Ionic strength
Humidity
Which of the following culture is used for the production of primary and
secondary metabolites?
Cell suspension culture
Callus culture
Protoplast culture
Somatic hybrid
Name the asexual mode of embryo formation?
Protoplast fusion
Callus culture
Somatic embryogenesis
Protoplast culture
Mark the INCORRECT statement about applications of the somatic
embryogenesis?
Mass multiplication of germplasm
Continuous cell lines
Production of artificial seeds
Production of primary and secondary metabolites
An instrument used to measure acidity or alkalinity of a solution
pH meter
Oven
Autoclave
BOD
A machine that uses pressure and steam to reach and maintain a temperature
that is too high for any microorganisms or their spores to live
Autoclave
Oven
BOD
pH meter
Which of the following is considered as the disadvantage of conventional
plant tissue culture for clonal propagation?
Storage and transportation of propagates
Less multiplication of disease free plants
Multiplication of sexually derived sterile hybrids
Production of multiple plants in absence of seeds
A tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching,
and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired
shape or effect is called what?
Bonsai
Floriculture
Horticulture
Hydroponic
A substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the
growth of another and used to treat bacterial infection
Antibiotics
Antibodies
Antigens
 Auxins
Who is “Father of Green Revolution in India”?
M.S Swaminathan

Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya

Kamala pujhari
Kanwal singh Chauhan
Who started green revolution?
Norman Borlaug
William S Gaud
Henry A Wallace
Pual C Mangelsdorf
The process of expression of foreign genes in a plant is called___________
Genetic transformation
Transgenesis
Gene expression
Cell hybridization
Name the first transgenic virus resistant plant?
Tobacco
Rice
Cotton
Tomato
Which of the following is supplemented with vitamin A in order to improve
its nutritional quality?
Rice
Cotton
Tomato
Potato
The controversy regarding the use of Bt corn is that it
Is potentially harmful to monarch butterflies
Is a potential allergen to humans
Both (a) and (b)
Can contaminate groundwater
Which of the agricultural challenges below cannot be solved with transgenic
techniques?
Public preference for organic vegetables
Public concern about safety of synthetic pesticides
Crops are killed by a virus
Crops are damaged by frost
The first transgenic plants expressing engineered foreign genes were tobacco
plants produced by the use of
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Bacillus thuringiensis
Arabidopsis thaliana
Streptomyces hygroscopicus
Transgenic plants
Contain foreign genes in their cells
Can’t be used to produce human antibodies
Both (a) and (b)
Are plants that differ in geographical locations
For developing herbicide resistance in transgenic plants which of the
following approach/(es) is/are used?
Target molecule is made insensitive to herbicide
Target protein is overproduced
A pathway should be introduced that detoxify the herbicide
All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a transgenic crop?
Herbicide resistance
Bt insect resistance toxin
Increased methionine content
None of these
The process of adding unwanted substances to the food, with similar
appearance/colour for making profits is called
Adulteration
Doping
Lyophilisation
Cryopreservation
This is an example of biological hazard
Salmonella
Cleaners
Antibiotics
Dirt
Under the Prevention of food Adulteration Act (PFA Act), when is the food
said to be adulterated
If any ingredient is injurious to health
If it is obtained from a diseased animal
If spices are sold without their essence
All of the above
This is an adulterant
Pesticide
Yellow soil
Pepperoil
All of the above
Which one is INCORRECT among the following?
 Food adulteration increases the quality of food
Food adulteration is done as part of business strategy
Food adulteration is done to increase quantity of food production and
sales.
Food adulteration lacks effective food laws
The adulterants are added as a deliberate act with aim to increase profit. E.G.
sand, marble chips, stones, chalk powder, etc. is called
Intentional adulteration
Incidental adulteration
Metallic adulteration
Misbranding
Adulterants are found in food due to negligence, ignorance or lack of proper
facilities. E.G. Packaging hazards like larvae of insects, droppings, pesticide
residues, etc.
Incidental adulteration
Intentional adulteration
Metallic adulteration
Concealing quality
Which one is INCORRECT among the following?
There should not be strict actions regarding the punishment for those
who are involved in food adulteration.
There must be proper surveillance of the implementation food laws.
There should be periodical training programmes for Senior
Officer/Inspector/Analysts for food safety
There should be consumer awareness programmes organized by
holding exhibitions/seminars/training programmes and publishing
pamphlets.
The desire to maintain a safe laboratory environment for all begins with
_________?
Prevention
 Microbiology
Ubiquity
Accidents
Which of the following type(s) of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is
frequently used?
Gloves
Safety glasses
Lab coats
All of the above
What is the name of the procedure performed under sterile conditions to
eliminate contamination in hopes to obtain a pure culture of one type of
microorganism?
Aseptic condition
Sterilization condition
Pathogen technique
Disinfectant technique
What is needed as a source of nutrient for the growth and reproduction of
microbes?
Media
Reagent
Pathogens
Bacteria
Pruning is an essential cultural activity in fruit plants because
To provide proper shape
To provide strong structure
To beautify the plant
All of the above
Growing of flowers and ornamental plants is called
 Olericulture
Floriculture
Both a and b
Pomology
Growing of fruits in garden and farm is called
Pomology
Olericulture
Floriculture
Vegetable science
Which type of garden are of geometric design and symmetrical shape?
Formal gardens
Informal garden
Free style garden
Natural garden
The style reflects the naturalistic effect of total view and represents natural
beauty is called
Informal garden
Formal garden
Free style garden
Natural garden
The combination of both formal and informal garden is called
Free style garden
Formal garden
Informal garden
Natural garden
An enclosed work area that has sterile air moving across it. The air moves
with uniform velocity along parallel flow lines.
Horizontal laminar air flow
 Autoclave
Distillation unit
Oven
The practice of working with cultures in an environment free from
microorganisms.
Sterile technique
Septic technique
Pathogen technique
Sub culturing
Which among the following is INCORRECT regarding plant tissue culture?
Cell selection decreases the potential number of individual in a
screening program
To quickly produce mature plants
To mass propagate plants for commercial use
To produce disease free plants
Which among the following is INCORRECT regarding laboratory
requirement for plant tissue culture?
Plant tissue culture can be carried out in an open area conditions.
Localize each portion of the tissue culture procedure in specified place
in the laboratory
Use glassware that has only been used for plant tissue culture and not
for other experiments.
Use only high purity water in tissue culture procedure
Arrange the following steps of micropropagation in correct order
Shoot production b) Transfer to natural environment c) Pre
transplant d) Sterilization
d, a, c, b
a, d, c, b
d, a, b, c
 a, c, d, b
Culture medium consists of all except for
Ethyl alcohol
Microelements
Plant growth hormones
Vitamins
Which one is not the sterilization method?
Inoculation
Autoclaving
UV radiation
Dry heat
A filter capable of screening out particles larger than 0.3 µm and are used in
laminar air flow cabinets (hoods) for sterile transfer work are called
High efficiency particulate air filter
High pass filters
Notch filters
Low pass filters
What is/are the advantage of micropropagation?
It helps in rapid multiplication of plants.
A large number of plantlets are obtained within a short period and
from a small space.
Both a and b
The rare plant and endangered species cannot be multiplied by this
method
Which media is not used in plant tissue culture?
Eagle media
MS media
White’s media
 B5 media
Which one is not the surface sterilization agent?
Calcium peroxide
Calcium hypochlorite
10- 12% hydrogen peroxide
Alcohol
Gaseous plant hormones
Ethylene
Auxin
ABA
Cytokinin
Plant stress hormones
ABA
Auxin
Cytokinin
Gibberellins
General yellowing of the plant tissue due to lack of chlorophyll.
Chlorosis
Necrosis
Mottling
Burning
Death of plant tissue; tissue browns and dies
Necrosis
Chlorosis
Burning
Stunting
Decreased growth; shorter height of the affected plants.
 Stunting
Necrosis
Chlorosis
Burning
Which among the following is micronutrient?
Boron
Nitrogen
Potassium
Phosphorous
Which among the following is macronutrient?
Magnesium
Copper
Iron
Zinc
During the germination of seeds, the seed coat ruptures due to
Massive imbibition of water
Differentiation of cotyledons
Sudden increase in cell division
Massive glycolysis in cotyledons and endosperm
Seed dormancy allows the plants to
Overcome unfavourable climatic conditions
Develop healthy seeds
Reduce viability
Prevent deterioration of seeds
Which of these compounds can induce seed dormancy
ABA
Gibberellins
 Ethylene
Potassium nitrate
Seed dormancy is
Failure of a seed to germinate under unfavourable condition
Failure of a seed to germinate under favourable condition
The ability of a seed to germinate under unfavourable condition
The ability of a seed to germinate under favourable condition
The process of weakening the seed coat to break dormancy is called
Scarification
Photoperiodism
Vernalization
Stratification
Photoblastic seeds are seed
Affected by light for germination
Not affected by light for germination
Independent of light for germination
Affected by light and temperature for germination
Abscisic acid is also called as
Abscisin I
Abscisin II
Dormin
All of the above
During water stress rise in ABA levels initially cause
Stomatal closure
Stomatal opening
Reduced transpiration
Increased transpiration
ABA is an
Antigibberelin
Anticytokinin
Ethylene inhibitor
Antiauxin
Which of the following hormone functions as an anti-transpirant
ABA
Auxin
Gibberellins
Cytokinin
Which of the following is not the function of auxin?
Inducing dormancy
Enhancing cell division
Inducing callus formation
Maintaining apical dominance
Which of the following is the natural cytokinin?
Zeatin
Isopentyl adenine
6-Amino purine
6- Isopentyl adenine
Which of the following is not the function of cytokinin?
Induce dormancy
Delay senescence
Promote cell division
Counteract apical dominance
Gibberellins was named after a fungus called
Gibberella fujikurio
 Gibberella acuminata
Gibberella gaditijirrii
Gibberella africana
All are the functions of gibberellins except
Promote dominance
Promote cell elongation
Promote elongation of internode
Promotes parthenocarpic fruit formation
Genetic dwarfism can be nullified by spraying
Gibberellin
Auxin
Zeatin
Ethylene
External conditions that adversely affect the growth, development or
productivity of plant is called
Plant stress
Pleiotropy
Geotropism
Vernalization
Plant stresses triggers a wide range of plant responses except for
Promotes growth of the plant
Gene expression
Cellular metabolism
Affects crop yields adversely
Which one is INCORRECT regarding Low Temperature Stress
Low temperatures increases potential agricultural productivity by
limiting the crops or varieties that can be grown in a particular area
 Low temperatures can damage plants both by a chilling effect and
freezing
Chilling effect, leads to physiological and developmental
abnormalities
Freezing, leads to cellular damage directly or via cellular dehydration.
To overcome the stress the plants use the following ways except for one
which leads to death of plant
Susceptible
Resistance
Avoidance
Tolerance
The crosses are made between the plants belonging to two different varieties.
Inter-varietal hybridization
Intra-varietal hybridization
Inter-specific hybridization
Intra-specific hybridization
The crosses are made between two different species of the same genus.
Inter-specific hybridization
Intra-specific hybridization
Inter-varietal hybridization
Intra-varietal hybridization
Essential elements which are present in easily detectable quantities, 1-10 mg
per gram of dry matter
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Trace elements
Non-essential elements
Essential elements which are required by plants in small amounts, equal or
less than 0.1 mg/gm. of dry matter
Micronutrients
Macronutrients
Trace elements
Non-essential elements