Haploids are more suitable for mutation studies than the diploids. This is because:

1.	haploids are reproductively more stable than diploids
2.	mutagens penetrate in haploids more effectively than in diploids
3.	haploids are more abundant in nature than diploids
4.	all mutations, whether dominant or recessive are expressed in haploids

Which one of the following is being utilized as a source of bio-diesel in the Indian countryside?

1. Euphorbia

2. Beetroot

3. Sugarcane

4. Pongamia

Crop plants grown in monoculture are:

1. low in yield

2. free from intraspecific competition

3. characterized by a poor root system

4. highly prone to pests

In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by:

1. bombarding the protoplast with DNA

2. crossing of two inbred parental lines

3. harvesting seeds from the most productive plants

4. inducing mutations

Select the incorrect statement:

Polyethene glycol method is used for:

1. gene transfer without a vector

2. biodiesel production

3. seedless fruit production

4. energy production from sewage

While planning for an artificial hybridization programme involving dioecious plants, which of the following steps would not be relevant:

1. Bagging of female flower

2. Dusting of pollen on stigma

3. Emasculation

4. Collection of pollen

In virus-infected plants the meristematic tissue in both apical and axilary buds are free of virus because:

1. the dividing cells are virus resistant

2. meristems have anti viral compounds

3. the cell division of meristems are faster than the rate of viral multiplication

4. virus cannot multiply within meristem cell (s).