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If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes

(a) Triploid

(b) Tetraploid

(c) Diploid

(d) Monoploid

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Correct option (b) Tetraploid

Explanation :

Cholchicum autumnale provides an alkaloid called coilchicine which is used in plant breeding for doubling the chromosome number. Treatment with 0.1% colchicine inhibits spindle formation so that chromatids fail to separate durig anaphase.

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