Q.1
Which microtubule-associated motor protein is responsible for the movement of cilia?
  • a) kinesin
  • b) niacin
  • c) myosin
  • d) dynein
Q.2
How many cytoplasmic dyneins are present in eukaryotic cells?
  • a) 1
  • b) 2
  • c) 3
  • d) 4
Q.3
Colcemid is a drug that acts on ___________
  • a) myosin
  • b) kinesin
  • c) tubulin
  • d) colchicine
Q.4
Outer microtubules in a cilium are generated from ______________
  • a) basal body
  • b) centromere
  • c) centrosome
  • d) nucleus
Q.5
Microtubules of cilia are stable.
  • a) True
  • b) False
Q.6
Cilia and flagella are the same structure.
  • a) True
  • b) False
Q.7
Non-motile cilia are called _________________
  • a) primary cilium
  • b) cytochrome
  • c) microfilaments
  • d) microtubules
Q.8
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is caused due to mutations in genes that affect the assembly of _____________
  • a) mitochondria
  • b) microfilaments
  • c) cilia
  • d) flagella
Q.9
Ciliopathies were first identified in model organisms _________________
  • a) C. elegans
  • b) Drososphila
  • c) Mus musculus
  • d) Arabidopsis thaliana
Q.10
The core of the cilium is called ________________
  • a) flagellum
  • b) primary cilium
  • c) tubulin
  • d) axoneme
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