Q.1
Four daughter cells formed during meiosis differ from each other due to ... ... [ BHU 2001 ]
  • a) Number of chromosomes
  • b) Crossing over
  • c) Independent assortment of chromosomes
  • d) Both B and C
Q.2
Which is synthesised in G1- phase? ... ... [ CPMT 2004 ]
  • a) DNA polymerase
  • b) Histones
  • c) Nucleolar DNA
  • d) Tubulin proteins
Q.3
In synapsis, two homologous chromosomes are connected at ... ... [ RPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Centromeres
  • b) Chromomeres
  • c) Telomeres
  • d) None of the above
Q.4
Nuclear envelop reappears at .... ... [ CBSE 1997 ]
  • a) Metaphase
  • b) Anaphase
  • c) Cytokinesis
  • d) Telophase
Q.5
During meiosis, replication of chromosomes occurs in ... ... [ RPMT 2000 ]
  • a) S -phase
  • b) S -phase and zygotene
  • c) S - phase and leptotene
  • d) All the above
Q.6
Meiosis is evolutionary significant because it results in ... ... [ CBSE 1994 ]
  • a) Genetically similar daughters
  • b) Four daughter cells
  • c) Eggs and sperms
  • d) Recombination
Q.7
Pick up the correct statement: a) Synapsis of homologous chromosomes occurs during prophase I b) Division of centromeres takes place during anaphase I c) Spindle fibers disappear completely in telophase of mitosis d) Nucleoli may reappear in telophase I
  • a) a only
  • b) c only
  • c) a and b only
  • d) a, c and d only
Q.8
In metaphase I chromosomes are in ... ... [ RPMT 2002]
  • a) Tetrad stage
  • b) Dyad stage
  • c) Diploid nature
  • d) Attract each other
Q.9
G1 stage of interphase of cell cycle shows ... .. [ BHU 2005 ]
  • a) Active synthesis of DNA
  • b) Active synthesis of RNA
  • c) Active synthesis of protein
  • d) Both B nad C
Q.10
In which stage of meiosis the structure, number and shape of chromosomes can be observed ... ... [ RPMT 2006 ]
  • a) Prophase I
  • b) Metaphase I
  • c) Anaphase I
  • d) Telophase I
Q.11
What is true of mitosis? [ Manipal 2002 ]
  • a) It has two divisions
  • b) It maintains number of chromosomes
  • c) It occurs in somatic cells only
  • d) It occurs in somatic cells as well as gonads
Q.12
What is the stage of mitosis when chromosomes separate and move towards poles? ... .... [ BHU 2002 ]
  • a) Prophase
  • b) Metaphase
  • c) Anaphase
  • d) Telophase
Q.13
If a cell possesses twice as much DNA as in the functional cell, the cell ... ... [ KCET 2005 ]
  • a) Is preparing to divide
  • b) Has completed division
  • c) Has ceased to function
  • d) Has reached end of its life span
Q.14
Synaptonemal complex is site of ... ... [ BHU 2012 ]
  • a) Spindle attachment
  • b) Replication
  • c) Chromatid separation
  • d) Chromosome alignment and recombination
Q.15
Part of spindle left after chromosomes have moved to poles is ... .. [ CPMT 2000 ]
  • a) Centrosome
  • b) Centriole
  • c) chromocenter
  • d) Phragmoplast
Q.16
During prophase, chromosomes are ... .. [ JIPMER 1998 ]
  • a) Large and coiled
  • b) Large and straight
  • c) Thick and uncoiled
  • d) Thick and straight
Q.17
In G2 - phase, DNA content is ... ... [ Wardha 2005 ]
  • a) 2n
  • b) n
  • c) 3n
  • d) 4n
Q.18
How many mitotic divisions occur in a cell to produce 256 daughter/somatic cells ... ... [ MPPMT 1989 ]
  • a) 128
  • b) 64
  • c) 32
  • d) 8
Q.19
Endomitosis is ... ... [ RPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Mitosis without nucleus
  • b) Mitosis within nucleus
  • c) Frequent mitosis
  • d) Mitosis is uterine wall
Q.20
Meiosis is best seen in ... ... [ WB 2008 ]
  • a) Microsporangium
  • b) Pollen grain
  • c) Gamete
  • d) Anther wall
Q.21
Crossing over takes place in ... ... [ Odisha 2009 ]
  • a) Prophase
  • b) Metaphase
  • c) Anaphase
  • d) Prophase I
Q.22
Crossing over occurs between ... .. [ DPMT 2003 ]
  • a) Sister chromatids
  • b) Non-sister chromatids
  • c) homologous non-sister chromatids
  • d) Any two chromosomes
Q.23
Plane of cell wall formation in a dividing cell is determined by ... ... [ JKCET 2012]
  • a) Microfilaments
  • b) Microtubules
  • c) Golgi apparatus
  • d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Q.24
Spindle fibers are formed of ... .. [ BHU 2006 ]
  • a) Tubulin
  • b) Fibrin
  • c) Flagellin
  • d) Actin
Q.25
In meiosis disjunction of chromosomes occurs during ... ... [ EAMCET 2001 ]
  • a) Metaphase I
  • b) Anaphase I
  • c) Metaphase II
  • d) Anaphase II
Q.26
In mitotic metaphase, each chromosome is ... ... [ RPMT 1996 ]
  • a) One
  • b) Two
  • c) Three
  • d) Four
Q.27
Stage connecting meiosis I and meiosis II is ... ... [ AFMC 2002 ]
  • a) Interphase I
  • b) Interphase II
  • c) Interkinesis
  • d) Anaphase I
Q.28
In meiosis chromosome number becomes ... .. [ CPMT 2007 ]
  • a) One half of parent cell
  • b) Same as parent cell
  • c) One-fourth of parent cell
  • d) Double of parent cell
Q.29
Which one is connected with cell division? ... ... [ CMC 2002 ]
  • a) ER
  • b) Peroxisomes
  • c) Ribosomes
  • d) Microtubules
Q.30
Stages in proper sequence of Prophase I are ... ... [ BHU 1997 ]
  • a) Zygotene, Leptotene, Pachytene, Diakinesis and Diplotene
  • b) Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene and Diakinesis
  • c) Leptotene, Pachytene, Zygotene, Diakinesis and Diplotene
  • d) Diplotene, Diakinesis, Pachytene, Zygotene and Leptotene
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