Q.1
An interconnected membranous network of the cell composed of vesicles, flattened sacs and tubules is ... ... [ KCET 2012 ]
  • a) Mitochondria
  • b) Endoplasmic reticulum
  • c) Lysosomes
  • d) Nucleus
Q.2
Most of the water found in the young cell occurs in ... ... [ DPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Cell wall
  • b) Nucleus
  • c) Cytoplasm
  • d) Vacuoles
Q.3
Which of the following subunits of ribosomes is composed of 23S rRNA and a 5S rRNA plus thirty one different proteins? [ kerala 2006 ]
  • a) 30 S
  • b) 40 S
  • c) 50 S
  • d) 60 S
Q.4
Which one is correctly matched ... ... [ Manipal 2001 ]
  • a) F1 particle → ribosome
  • b) Lysosome → acrosome
  • c) Ribosome → single membrane band
  • d) Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b → chloroplast
Q.5
Cellular organelles involved in energy transformation are ... ... [ Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) Mitochondria and chloroplasts
  • b) Chromoplasts and leucoplasts
  • c) Mitochondria and chromoplasts
  • d) Chloroplasts and leucoplasts
Q.6
Which one is nucleotide? ... ... [ AMU 1991 ]
  • a) Uridylic acid
  • b) Thymidine
  • c) Cytosine
  • d) Glutamic acid
Q.7
Active transport is characterised by ... ... [ AMU 2010 ]
  • a) Requires special membrane proteins
  • b) Highly selective
  • c) Requires ATP energy
  • d) All the above
Q.8
Water soluble pigment present in cell vacuole is ... ... [ MPPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Anthocyanin
  • b) Carotene
  • c) Xanthophyll
  • d) Chlorophyll
Q.9
Which is present nearest to plasma membrane in plant cell ... ... [ AFMC 2002 ]
  • a) Secondary wall
  • b) Primary wall
  • c) Middle lamella
  • d) Tonoplast
Q.10
Conservation of green tomatoes into red form involves ... .. [ JIPMER 1990 ]
  • a) Formation of chromoplasts from chloroplasts
  • b) Destruction of chloroplasts and development of chromoplasts from leucoplasts
  • c) Formation of chromoplasts from proplastids
  • d) All of the above
Q.11
Chromosomes consist of ... ... [ MPPMT 2011 ]
  • a) DNA
  • b) Protein
  • c) RNA
  • d) DNA, RNA and protein
Q.12
factory for synthesis of sugar in autotrophic eukaryotes is ... ... [ AIIMS 1992 ]
  • a) Chloroplast
  • b) Mitochondrion
  • c) Endoplasmic reticulum
  • d) Ribosome
Q.13
Enzymes connected with oxidative electron transport system are found in ... .. [ Kerala 2004 ]
  • a) Plastids
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Golgi bodies
  • d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Q.14
Plasma membrane is made of ... ... [ BHU 1992 ]
  • a) Proteins and carbohydrates
  • b) proteins and lipids
  • c) Proteins, lipids and carbohydrates
  • d) Proteins, some nucleic acid and lipids
Q.15
rRNA is synthesised in ... ... [ Odisha 2006 ]
  • a) E.R.
  • b) Nucleus
  • c) Nucleolus
  • d) Cytoplasm
Q.16
Shape of metacentric chromosome in anaphase is ... ... [ AIIMS 1999 ]
  • a) L-shaped
  • b) V-shaped
  • c) J-shaped
  • d) I-shaped
Q.17
Movement of cytoplasm around a vacuole is ... ... [ JKCMEE 2007 ]
  • a) Circulation
  • b) Rotation
  • c) Regulation
  • d) Somersault
Q.18
The cells discovered in thin section of cork by Robert Hook were actually ... ... [ DPMT 1990 ]
  • a) Cell walls
  • b) Cellulose
  • c) Protoplasm
  • d) Nuclei
Q.19
Phospholipid molecules of cell membrane possess ... ... [ JKCMEE 2003 ]
  • a) One polar head and one polar tail
  • b) One non-polar head and one non-polar tail
  • c) One polar head and two nonpolar tails
  • d) One nonpolar head and two polar tails
Q.20
Telomeres ... ... [ CBSE 2000 ]
  • a) Initiate RNA synthesis
  • b) Help chromatids to move towards poles
  • c) Seal ends of chromosomes
  • d) Identify correct members of homologous pairs of chromosomes
Q.21
Which cellular part is correctly described ... .... [ CBSE 2012 ]
  • a) Thylakoids - Flattened membranous sacs forming grana
  • b) Centrioles - Sites for active RNA synthesis
  • c) Ribosomes - those in chloroplasts are larger ( 80 S) while those in cytoplasm are smaller ( 70S)
  • d) Lysosomes - Optimally active at 8.5 pH
Q.22
Flagella occur in ... ... [ WB 2007 ]
  • a) Eukaryotic cell
  • b) Prokaryotic cell
  • c) Viruses
  • d) Both a and b
Q.23
In endocytosis the cell ... ... [ KCET 2009 ]
  • a) Divides cytoplasm in mitosis
  • b) Digest itself
  • c) Engulfs and internalises materials with its membrane
  • d) Enable extracellular digestion of larger molecules
Q.24
Smallest cell organelles are ... ... [ AFMC 2002 ]
  • a) Lysosomes
  • b) Sphaerosomes
  • c) Peroxisomes
  • d) Ribosomes
Q.25
What is mitoplast .... ... [ WB 2010 ]
  • a) Membrane less mitochondria
  • b) Mitochondria without inner membrane
  • c) Another name of mitochondria
  • d) Mitochondria without outer membrane
Q.26
Main function of mitochondria in a cell is ... .. [ CPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Secretion
  • b) Excretion
  • c) Osmoregulation
  • d) Respiration
Q.27
Cells connected by plasmodesmata form a system ... .... [ Odisha 2006 ]
  • a) Symplast
  • b) Apoplast
  • c) Cross-connection
  • d) None of the above
Q.28
Largest subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes is ... ... [ JKCMEE 2008 ]
  • a) 30 S
  • b) 40 S
  • c) 50 S
  • d) 60 S
Q.29
Oxysomes or F0 - F1 particles occur on . ..... [ CBSE 1992 ]
  • a) Thylakoids
  • b) Mitochondrial surface
  • c) inner mitochondrial membrane
  • d) Chloroplast surface
Q.30
Which one is not properly paired ... ... [ JKCMEE 2004 ]
  • a) Golgi apparatus → Breaking of complex macromolecules
  • b) Endoplasmic reticulum → Protein synthesis
  • c) Mitochondria → Oxidative phosphorylation
  • d) Chloroplasts → Photosynthesis
Q.31
A disaccharide that gives two molecules of glucose on hydrolysis is ... ... [ DPMT 2011 ]
  • a) Sucrose
  • b) Maltose
  • c) Lactose
  • d) Both B and C
Q.32
Apparato reticulo interno was discovered by Golgi in ... .... [ RPMT 2000 ]
  • a) 1898
  • b) 1900
  • c) 1925
  • d) 1928
Q.33
Which of the following is incorrect ... ... [ CET Chd. 2006 ]
  • a) plasmalemma is the outer cell membrane
  • b) membrane surrounding an organelle is called subcellular membrane
  • c) membranes forming endoplasmic reticulum are biomembranes
  • d) prokaryotic cells do not have subcellular membranes
Q.34
Membrane most abundant in a cell is .. .... [ WB 2008]
  • a) Nuclear membrane
  • b) Golgi membrane
  • c) Plasma membrane
  • d) E.R. membrane
Q.35
Polyribosomes are aggregates of ... ... [ BHU 1998 ]
  • a) Ribosomes and rRNA
  • b) Only rRNA
  • c) Peroxisomes
  • d) Several ribosomes held together by string of mRNA
Q.36
Ribosome is mainly formed of ... ... [ DPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Enzymes
  • b) DNA
  • c) RNA
  • d) None of the above
Q.37
Detailed structure of the membrane was studied after the advent of electron microscope is .... [ AMU 2012 ]
  • a) 1930s
  • b) 1950s
  • c) 1970s
  • d) 1990s
Q.38
Which one is apparato reticol are ... ... [ CBSE 1992 ]
  • a) Golgi apparatus
  • b) Endoplasmic reticulum
  • c) Microfilaments
  • d) Microtubules
Q.39
Nucleus was discovered by ... .. [ AFMC 2003 ]
  • a) Robert Brown
  • b) Leeuwenhoek
  • c) Robert Hooke
  • d) Schleiden
Q.40
In multicellular organisms, 70S ribosomes occur inside ... ... [ JKCMEE 2007 ]
  • a) Nucleus
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Lysosome
  • d) E.R.
Q.41
Nucleus is covered by ... ... [ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) Porous double membrane
  • b) Porous single membrane
  • c) Non-porous single membrane
  • d) Non-porous double membrane
Q.42
In isolated DNA kept at 82 -90°C .... ... [ CPMT 1991 ]
  • a) The two strands uncoil and separate
  • b) Fragmentation occurs
  • c) Thymine is replaced by uracil
  • d) The structure is stabilised
Q.43
Consider the following statements A) Plant cells have centrioles which are absent in almost all animal cells B) Ribosomes are the site of protein synthesis. C) The middle lamella is the layer mainly of calcium carbonate which holds the different neighboring cells together D) In animal cells steroidal hormones are synthesized by smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Of the above statements... .... [ kerala 2010 ]
  • a) A and B only are correct
  • b) C and D are only correct
  • c) B and D only are correct
  • d) A and D only are correct
Q.44
Organelle rich in manganese is ... ... [ kerala 2000 ]
  • a) Ribosome
  • b) Mitochondria
  • c) Chloroplast
  • d) Lysosome
Q.45
The simplest amino acid is ... ... [ CBSE 2005]
  • a) Glycine
  • b) Lysine
  • c) Tyrosine
  • d) Aspartic acid
Q.46
It is not characteristic of active transport ... ... [ AMU 2011 ]
  • a) Highly selective
  • b) Insensitive to inhibitors
  • c) Uphill transport
  • d) Transporter saturates
Q.47
Mitochondria do not occur in ... ... [ AFMC 2009 ]
  • a) Human liver cell
  • b) Human nerve cell
  • c) Human erythrocyte
  • d) Frog liver cell
Q.48
A component of cytoskeleton is ... ... [ Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) Microtubule
  • b) Bone
  • c) Chitin
  • d) Cartilage
Q.49
Which one occurs in both prokaryotic and plant cells
  • a) Nucleus
  • b) Chloroplast
  • c) Cell wall
  • d) Mitochondria
Q.50
Lysosomes contain ... ... [ CBSE 1996 ]
  • a) Carbohydrates
  • b) Hormones
  • c) Nucleic acids
  • d) Hydrolases
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