MCQ On Plant Tissue Culture

Read mcq on plant tissue culture. Topics: Introduction to plant tissue culture. Types of medium, different techniques etc.

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Plant Tissue Culture MCQ

Question 01. Who is the father of plant tissue culture?

(a). Philip Rodney White
(b). Gottlieb Haberlandt
(c). Toshio Murashige
(d). Folke K. Skoog

Question 02. When was developed?

(a). 1940s
(b). 1960s
(c). 1950s
(d). 1930s

Question 03. On which of the following is plant tissue culture based?

(a). Totipotency of a plant
(b). Cell division
(c). Genetics of plant species
(d). None of the above

Question 04. Which is not a type of plant tissue culture?

(a). Anther culture
(b). Seed culture
(c). Organ culture
(d). Cell culture

Question 05. The part(s) of the plant used for culturing is known as

(a). Cell
(b). Tissue
(c). Explants
(d). Culture

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Question 06. Which is the most widely used carbon source among other carbohydrates used in a nutrient medium?

(a). Sucrose
(b). Fructose
(c). Glucose
(d). None of the other

Question 07. In plant tissue culture, an excess of auxin in nutrient media will often result in a proliferation of

roots, while an excess of cytokinin may yield shoots. 

(a). Roots
(b). Callus
(c). Shoots
(d). All of the above

Question 08. In plant tissue culture, an excess of cytokinin in nutrient media will often result in a proliferation of

(a). Callus
(b). Roots
(c). Both a anb
(d). Shoots

Question 09. Which is the most commonly used tissue explant?

(a). Stem tip
(b). Axillary bud tip
(c). Root tip
(d). All of the above

Question 10. Which of the following explant is hard to isolate?

(a). Stem tip
(b). Axillary bud tip
(c). Root tip
(d). All of the above

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Question 11. How is the slow growth of a cultured tissue is managed?

(a). Optimizing the culture medium
(b). Culturing highly responsive tissues or varieties
(c). Both a and b
(d). None of the above

Question 12. What is the application of plant tissue culture?

(a). Commercial production of plants
(b). Production of identical sterile hybrid species
(c). To conserve rare or endangered plant species
(d). All of the above

Question 13. Meristem tip culture can be used to produce clean plant material from

(a). Sugarcane
(b). Potatoes
(c). Both a and b
(d). None of the above

Question 14. When was Murashige and Skoog medium developed?

(a). 1962
(b). 1972
(c). 1952
(d). 1942

Question 15. Which is the most common medium in plant tissue culture?

(a). Cytokinin stock solution
(b). Gamborg medium
(c). MSO
(d). Nitsch and Nitsch medium

Different medium

Question 16. Consider about White’s medium

01. It was developed by P. R. White in 1962
02. It has lower salt concentration
03. It has higher concentration of MgSO4
04. It was developed for shoot culture

(a). Only 2 and 3 are true
(b). Only 1 and 4 are true
(c). Only 3 and 4 are true
(d). All are true

Question 17. MS0 indicates

(a). Present of sucrose
(b). Absense of sucrose
(c). Both a and b
(d). None of the above

Question 18. MS10 indicates

(a). Presence of 5g/l sucrose in the medium
(b). Presence of 10g/l sucrose in the medium
(c). Presence of 15g/l sucrose in the medium
(d). Presence of 20g/l sucrose in the medium

Question 19. What is B5 medium?

(a). Linsmaier and Skoog medium
(b). Nitsch and Nitsch medium
(c). White’s medium
(d). Gamborg medium

Question 20. Which of the following medium was developed for the culture of nicotiana?

(a). Linsmaier and Skoog medium
(b). Nitsch and Nitsch medium
(c). White’s medium
(d). Gamborg medium

Answer Key

01.	b	06.	a
02.	c	07.	a
03.	a	08.	d
04.	d	09.	d
05.	c	10.	c

11.	c	16.	a
12.	d	17.	b
13.	c	18.	b
14.	a	19.	d
15.	c	20.	b

04: Types of plant tissue culture

• Seed Culture
• Embryo Culture
• Callus Culture
• Organ Culture
• Protoplast Culture
• Anther Culture