The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell of the plant is called:
1. Micropropagation
2. Differentiation
3. Somatic hybridization
4. Totipotency
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Which of the following are fused in somatic hybridization involving two varieties of plants?
1. Somatic embryos
2. Protoplasts
3. Pollens
4. Callus
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Match List - I with List - II

 List - I  List - II
 (a) Protoplast fusion  (i) Totipotency
 (b) Plant tissue culture  (ii) Pomato
 (c) Meristem culture  (iii) Somaclones
 (d) Micropropagation  (iv) Virus free plants

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
2. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
3. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
4. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
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To obtain virus-free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?

1. Apical meristem only
2. Palisade parenchyma
3. Both apical and axillary meristems
4. Epidermis only
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Which part would be most suitable for raising virus-free plants for micro propagation?

1. Bark

2. Vascular tissue

3. Meristem

4. Node

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Somaclones are obtained by:

1. tissue culture

2. plant breeding

3. irradiation

4. genetic engineering

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In order to obtain virus-free plants through tissue culture the best method is:

1. protoplast culture

2. embryo rescue

3. anther culture

4. meristem culture

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The technique of obtaining a large number of plantlets by tissue culture method is called:

1. Organ culture

2. Micropropagation

3. Micropropagation

4. Plantlet culture

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Cellular totipotency is demonstrated by:
1. Only gymnosperm cells
2. All plant cells
3. All eukaryotic cells
4. Only bacterial cells

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What is the reason for the formation of embryoids from pollen grain in tissue culture medium?
1. Cellular totipotency
2. Organogenesis
3. Double fertilization
4. Test tube culture

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