Tissue Culture — Homi Bhabha Exam Biology MCQs with Solutions
Free Homi Bhabha Exam Biology Tissue Culture MCQs with step-by-step solutions (8 questions). Part of Biotechnology & Applied Biology. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.
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Questions with solutions
Q1 — Tissue Culture · medium · theory
Tissue culture is a technique of growing cells, tissues or organs in a(n):
A. open field
B. artificial nutrient medium under sterile conditions ✓ Correct
C. salt water
D. ordinary pot of soil
Solution: Tissue culture grows plant/animal cells in a sterile nutrient medium in the laboratory.
Q2 — Tissue Culture · hard · theory
A small part of a plant taken for tissue culture is called a(n):
A. clone
B. gamete
C. explant ✓ Correct
D. embryo
Solution: An explant is the piece of tissue used to start a tissue culture.
Q3 — Tissue Culture · medium · theory
The plants produced by tissue culture from a single parent are:
A. seed-grown
B. always hybrids
C. genetically identical (clones) ✓ Correct
D. all different
Solution: Tissue-cultured plants are clones — genetically identical to the parent.
Q4 — Tissue Culture · hard · theory
Producing a large number of plants quickly from small tissues by tissue culture is called:
A. germination
B. pollination
C. fermentation
D. micropropagation ✓ Correct
Solution: Micropropagation rapidly multiplies plants from tiny explants.
Q5 — Tissue Culture · medium · theory
Tissue culture must be carried out under sterile (aseptic) conditions to:
A. reduce the yield
B. add more microbes
C. prevent contamination by microbes ✓ Correct
D. increase temperature
Solution: Sterile conditions stop bacteria and fungi from spoiling the culture.
Q6 — Tissue Culture · hard · theory
One major advantage of tissue culture is the production of:
A. weeds
B. more insects
C. disease-free plants ✓ Correct
D. polluted soil
Solution: Tissue culture can produce healthy, disease-free planting material.
Q7 — Tissue Culture · medium · theory
Tissue culture is widely used commercially to grow plants such as:
A. fish
B. only wild grasses
C. orchids and bananas ✓ Correct
D. bacteria only
Solution: Ornamental and commercial plants like orchids and bananas are mass-produced by tissue culture.
Q8 — Tissue Culture · hard · theory
Compared with growing plants from seeds, tissue culture allows:
A. only one plant per year
B. rapid multiplication of many identical plants in a small space ✓ Correct
C. no control over quality
D. slower and fewer plants
Solution: Tissue culture rapidly yields many uniform, high-quality plants in limited space and time.