Arrange the following steps of somatic hybridisation in a correct sequence.
 
A. Digestion of cell walls.
B. Isolation of naked protoplasts.
C. Fusion of protoplasts to get hybrid protoplast.
D. Isolation of single cells from two different varieties of plants.
E. Growing of hybrid protoplast to form a new plant.


Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. E, A, B, C, D 2. D, A, B, C, E
3. E, B, A, D, C 4. D, B, A, E, C
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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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