Q.1
Robert Brown discovered ... ... [ AMU 2002]
  • a) Cell wall
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Nucleolus
  • d) Nucleus
Q.2
Chloroplasts are self replicating units as they possess ... ... [ AMU 1992 ]
  • a) DNA
  • b) RNA
  • c) Neither DNA nor RNA
  • d) Both DNA and RNA
Q.3
on Q109) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • a) Cristae - The tubular structure formed by the folding of the inner membrane of the mitochondrion.
  • b) Plasmodesmata - The membrane surrounding the vacuole in plants.
  • c) Grana - Membrane bound discs in chloroplasts that contain chlorophylls and carotenoids.
  • d) Middle lamella - Layer between adjacent cells walls in plants derived from cell plate.
Q.4
Best stage to observe shape, size and number of chromosomes is ... .. [ BHU 1991 ]
  • a) Interphase
  • b) Metaphase
  • c) Prophase
  • d) Telophase
Q.5
identify in bacterium that appears violet after Gram staining ... ....
  • a) Salmonella enterica
  • b) Escherichia coli
  • c) Bacillus anthracis
  • d) Rhizobium meliloti
Q.6
Organelle associated with aerobic respiration is .... ... [ JKCMEE 2005 ]
  • a) Nucleus
  • b) Centriole
  • c) Chloroplast
  • d) Mitochondrion
Q.7
Which one of the following is absent in eukaryotes ... ... [ Har PMT 2001 ]
  • d) Ribosomes
  • a) Nucleolus
  • b) plastid
  • c) Mesosomes
Q.8
Active transport across biomembrane involves ... .. [ BHU 2008 ]
  • a) Production of ATP
  • b) Requirement of energy
  • c) Production of toxin
  • d) Release of energy
Q.9
Amino acids are produced from ... ... [ CBSE 1992 ]
  • a) Proteins
  • b) Fatty acids
  • c) Essential oils
  • d) α-keto acid
Q.10
Assertion It is important that organisms have cells. Reason: A cell keeps its chemical composition steady within its boundary ... .... [ AIIMS ]
  • a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • b) The Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
  • c) Assertion is true but, Reason is false
  • d) Assertion is false but, Reason is true
Q.11
Chromosome end is called ... ... [ MPPMT 1999 ]
  • a) Telomere
  • b) Centromere
  • c) Satellite
  • d) Metamere
Q.12
Which one does not occur in cell vacuoles .... ... [ JKCMEE 2003 ]
  • a) Hydrolytic enzymes
  • b) Latex
  • c) Anthocyanins
  • d) DNA
Q.13
Which increases membrane permeability ... .... [ Odisha 2007 ]
  • a) Catalase
  • b) Gelatinase
  • c) Amylase
  • d) Permease
Q.14
Aleurone grains store ... ... [ Har PMT 2002 ]
  • a) Starch
  • b) Fat
  • c) Protein
  • d) All the above
Q.15
A flattened disc-like structure present in chloroplast is ... .. [ MPPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Stroma
  • b) Thylakoid
  • c) Loculus
  • d) Margin
Q.16
Autolysis is connected with ... ... [ RPMT 1996 ]
  • a) Ribosome
  • b) Kinetosome
  • c) Lysosome
  • d) Golgi apparatus
Q.17
Cells with secretory function have abundant ... ... [ DPMT 2001 ]
  • a) Dictyosomes
  • b) E.R.
  • c) Lysosomes
  • d) Osteosomes
Q.18
Glycolate metabolism occurs in ... .... [ MPPMT 1995 ]
  • a) Lysosome
  • b) Ribosomes
  • c) Glyoxysomes
  • d) Peroxisome
Q.19
Anthocyanin occurs in ... ... [ RPMT 1996 ]
  • a) Chloroplasts
  • b) Vacuole
  • c) Leucoplasts
  • d) Chromoplasts
Q.20
Organelle important in spindle formation during nuclear division is .... ... [ JKCMEE 2005 ]
  • a) Centriole
  • b) Golgi body
  • c) Chloroplast
  • d) Mitochondrion
Q.21
ion Q37) Observe the following pair of organelles or membrane, where their membrane may or may not have interconnection. Identify the pair where interconnection is absent:
  • a) Nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.
  • b) Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex.
  • c) Endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane.
  • d) Endoplasmic reticulum and lysosomes.
Q.22
Match the columns .... .... [ kerala 2004 ]
(a) Robert Hooke (i) Mutation theory
(b) Charles Darwin (ii) Swan-necked flask experiments
(c) Hugo de Vries (iii) Origin of species
(d) Louis Pasteur (iv) Micrographia
  • a) a - iii, b - iv, c - i, d - ii
  • b) a - ii, b - i, c - iii, d - iv
  • c) a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv
  • d) a - iv, b - iii, c - i, d - ii
Q.23
Assertion: The number of cells in a multicellular organism is inversely proportional to the size of body Reason: All the cells in the biological world are of the same size. .... .... [AIIMS 2002 ]
  • a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • b) The Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
  • c) Assertion is true but, Reason is false
  • d) Assertion and Reason is false
Q.24
bacteria with tuft of flagella at one pole are .... ... [ Odisha 2012 ]
  • a) Amphitrichous
  • b) Peritrichous
  • c) Atrichous
  • d) Lophotrichous
Q.25
Ribosome take part in protein synthesis in ... .. [ Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) Viruses
  • b) Prokaryotes
  • c) Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
  • d) Eukaryotes only
Q.26
Which of the following is covered by a single membrane ... ... [ CBSE 1999 ]
  • a) Nucleus
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Plastids
  • d) Sphaerosomes
Q.27
balbiani rings occur in ... ... [ BHU 1991 ]
  • a) Lampbrush chromosome
  • b) Heterosome
  • c) Allosome
  • d) Polytene chromosome
Q.28
The colour of chromoplast can be ... ... [ CPMT 1992 ]
  • a) Yellow
  • b) Red
  • c) Orange
  • d) All the above
Q.29
N-Acetylmuramic acid is found in ... ..... [ WB 2012 ]
  • a) Cell wall of plants
  • b) Cell wall of bacteria
  • c) Cell wall of fungi
  • d) Viral coat
Q.30
Protein packaging is done by .. .. [ DPMT 2001 ]
  • a) Nucleolus
  • b) Ribosomes
  • c) Golgi apparatus
  • d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Q.31
In blood, the main buffers are ... ... [ BHU 1990 ]
  • a) Na and K
  • b) Sodium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium monohydrogen phosphate
  • c) Carbonic acid and bicarbonate
  • d) Ammonium acetate
Q.32
Chlorophyll occurs in chloroplast ... ... [ CBSE 2004 ]
  • a) Inner membrane
  • b) Thylakoid membrane
  • c) Outer membrane
  • d) Stroma
Q.33
Microtubules take part in ... ... [ MPPMT 2000 ]
  • a) Formation of spindle fibres
  • b) Movement of cilia and flagella
  • c) Both A and B
  • d) Cyclosis
Q.34
The term protoplasm was coined by ... ... [ BHU 1997 ]
  • a) Robert Hook
  • b) Dujardin
  • c) Robert Brown
  • d) Purkinje
Q.35
Pick up the correct answers: .... .... [ BHU 2008 ] Mitochondrion contains DNA 70S ribosomes occur in prokaryotes Ribosomes are made up of phospholipids and oligosaccharides Ribosomes are not found in protista and monera
  • a) 1, 2, 3 correct
  • b) 1, 2 correct
  • c) 2, 4 correct
  • d) 1, 3 correct
Q.36
Non-membranous organelle is ... ... [ RPMT 2011 ]
  • a) Chloroplast
  • b) Nucleolus
  • c) Centriole
  • d) Both B and C
Q.37
Surface of endoplasmic reticulum is covered with ... ..... [ JKCMEE2005 ]
  • a) Glucose
  • b) DNA
  • c) Ribosomes
  • d) RNA
Q.38
70 S ribosomes are seen in .... ... [ Odisha 2010 ]
  • a) Mitochondria
  • b) Bacterial cell
  • c) ER
  • d) Both A and B
Q.39
on Q110) Which of the following pairs are correct?
  • a) Svedberg unit - Bio membranes.
  • b) Polyribosomes - RNA.
  • c) Dictyosomes - Suicidal bags.
  • d) Cisternae - Mitochondria.
Q.40
According to fluid mosaic model, plasma membrane is composed of .. ... [ CPMT 2000 ]
  • a) Phospholipids and oligosaccharides
  • b) Phospholipids and hemicellulose
  • c) Phospholipids and integral proteins
  • d) Phospholipids , extrinsic proteins and intrinsic proteins
Q.41
Granular ER differs from SER in having ... .. [ BHU 2002 ]
  • a) Ribosomes on its surface
  • b) No ribosomes
  • c) Active role in steroid synthesis
  • d) Both B and C
Q.42
Fluidity of biomembranes is observed through ... .... [ DPMT 2009 ]
  • a) Tissue culture
  • b) Fluorescence microscope
  • c) Phase -contrast microscope
  • d) Electron microscope
Q.43
Ribosomes are granules made of ... ... [ RPMT 2005 ]
  • a) rRNA and tRNA
  • b) mRNA and tRNA
  • c) rRNA and proteins
  • d) mRNA and proteins
Q.44
The organelles called power house of the cell are .. ... [ JKCMEE 2000 ]
  • a) Chloroplasts
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Golgi bodies
  • d) Nucleoli
Q.45
Cristae occur in ... ... [ CPMT 2001 ]
  • a) Golgi body
  • b) Nucleus
  • c) Mitochondria
  • d) E.R.
Q.46
Membrane potential of a cell forms ... ... [ Pb PMT 2005 ]
  • a) Movement of anions into the cell
  • b) Movement of cations into the cell
  • c) Action of proton pump
  • d) Action of an electrogenic pump
Q.47
The term nucleolus was coined by ... .. [ AFMC 2001 ]
  • a) Bowman
  • b) Fontana
  • c) Fleming
  • d) Leeuwenhoek
Q.48
Match the columns: ... ..
(a) Hatch and Slack (i) Electron microscope
(b) Theophrastus (ii) Citric acid cycle
(c) Knoll and Ruska (iii) Micrographia
(d) Robert Hook (iv) C4 pathways
- -  (v) Historia Plantarum
  • a) a - iv, b - v, c- i, d - ii
  • b) a - iv, b - v, c- i, d - iii
  • c) a - ii, b - iv, c- v, d - iii
  • d) a - ii, b - iii, c- iv, d - i
Q.49
Hose -keeping proteins occur in ... .. [ AMU 2010 ]
  • a) Golgi complex
  • b) Cytoskeleton
  • c) Endoplasmic reticulum
  • d) All the above
Q.50
Lysosomes function in ... .. [ MPPMT 2001 ]
  • a) Extracellular digestion
  • b) intracellular digestion
  • c) Both A and B
  • d) Fat breakdown
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