Q.1
The cell membranes of the adjacent cells are fused at the cell junction. [ AMU 2010]
  • a) macula adherens
  • b) Zonula occludens
  • c) Zonula adherens
  • d) Nexus
Q.2
The term plastid was coined by ... ... [ CET Chd. 2003 ]
  • a) Haeckel
  • b) Strasburger
  • c) Virchow
  • d) Flemming
Q.3
Nucleolus takes part in synthesis of ... ... [ RPMT 1994 ]
  • a) rRNA
  • b) tRNA
  • c) mRNA
  • d) DNA
Q.4
Oxidative electron transport occurs in ... ... [ Pb PMT 1998 ]
  • a) Chloroplast
  • b) Outer membrane of mitochondria
  • c) Cristae
  • d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Q.5
In Ulothrix, the shape of chloroplast is .. ..... [ AMU 2005 ]
  • a) Star - shaped
  • b) Cup -shaped
  • c) Girdle -shaped
  • d) Diffused type
Q.6
Protoplasm forms percentage of total weight of the body ... ... {AMU 1999 ]
  • a) 45%
  • b) 70%
  • c) 95%
  • d) 15%
Q.7
Polymorphic cell organelle is ... .. [ MPPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Glyoxysome
  • b) Peroxisome
  • c) Lysosome
  • d) Golgi complex
Q.8
rRNA occurs in ... ... [ MHT CET 2008 ]
  • a) Lysosomes
  • b) Cytosol
  • c) Ribosomes
  • d) Golgi apparatus
Q.9
Which is common in plant and animal cells
  • a) Plastids
  • b) Centrioles
  • c) Mitochondria
  • d) Central vacuole
Q.10
Which ones have round and biconcave shape ... ... [ kerala 2011 ]
  • a) White blood cells
  • b) Red blood cells
  • c) Columnar epithelial cells
  • d) Nerve cells
Q.11
Protein synthesis occur in an animal cell in ... .. [ JIPMER1997 ]
  • a) Cytoplasm
  • b) Cytoplasm as well as mitochondria
  • c) Ribosomes attached to nuclear envelope
  • d) Nucleolus as well as cytoplasm
Q.12
Which of the following is seen only in prokaryotic cell... ... [ kerala 2012 ]
  • a) Dictyosome
  • b) Ribosome
  • c) Mesosome
  • d) ER
Q.13
Colour of Rose petals is due to water soluble pigment present in .. ... [ AMU 1998 ]
  • a) Cytoplasm
  • b) Intercellular spaces
  • c) Nucleus
  • d) Vacuoles
Q.14
Which of the following statement about cilia is not correct? ... .. [ CBSE 2006 ]
  • a) Organised beating of cilia is controlled by fluxes of Ca2+ across the membrane
  • b) Cilia are hair-like cellular appendages
  • c) Cilia contain an outer ring of nine doublet microtubules surrounding two singlet microtubules
  • d) Microtubules of cilia are composed of tubulin
Q.15
E.R. of rapid dividing cells is .... ... [ AMU 1998 ]
  • a) Non-functional
  • b) Poorly developed
  • c) Absent
  • d) Highly developed
Q.16
A thoroughly washed beet root slice kept in water at room temperature does not lose anthocyanin pigment because plasma membrane is ... ... [ CET Chd2002]
  • a) Permeable to anthocyanin
  • b) impermeable to anthocyanin
  • c) Selectively permeable to anthocyanin
  • d) Dead
Q.17
A chromosome with centromere in the middle is ... ... [ Odisha 2007 ]
  • a) Metacentric
  • b) Telocentric
  • c) Acrocentric
  • d) Dicentric
Q.18
Smaller cells have ... ... [ DPMT 2011 ]
  • a) Small surface area per volume ratio
  • b) Large surface area per volume ratio
  • c) Slow exchange rate of nutrients
  • d) None of the above
Q.19
Average diameter of plastids is ... ... [ Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) 0.2 - 1.0 mm
  • b) 0.2 - 1.0 µm
  • c) 0.2 - 1.0 nm
  • d) 0.2 - 1.0 Å
Q.20
Rackr's/ Fernandez-Moran particles are found in ... ... [ Odisha 2012 ]
  • a) Golgi bodies
  • b) Chromosomes
  • c) Mitochondria
  • d) Nucleus
Q.21
Chloroplasts of algae lack ... ... [ AMU 1998 ]
  • a) Quantasomes
  • b) Lamellae
  • c) Pigments
  • d) Grana
Q.22
Number of microtubules in a flagellum including those sharing three protofilaments with each other is .... .... [ CPMT 2010 ]
  • a) 10
  • b) 11
  • c) 20
  • d) 22
Q.23
Series of reaction which can convert fatty acids to sugars in plant but not in animals is .... [ CBSE 1994 ]
  • a) Krebs cycle
  • b) Glyoxylate cycle
  • c) Ornithine cycle
  • d) Glycolysis
Q.24
Chemical used most by plants is ... ... [ DPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Carbon dioxide
  • b) Oxygen
  • c) Cytochrome
  • d) Nitrogen
Q.25
New cells generate from .. .... [ HPPMT 2010 ]
  • a) Bacterial fermentation
  • b) Regeneration of old cells
  • c) Pre-existing cells
  • d) Abiotic material
Q.26
Which is not part of endomembrane system .... ... [ CBSE 2011 ]
  • a) Golgi body
  • b) Vacuole
  • c) Peroxisome
  • d) Lysosome
Q.27
Middle lamella is mainly composed of ... ... [ Odisha 2011]
  • a) Hemicellulose
  • b) Calcium pectate
  • c) Muramic acid
  • d) Phosphoglycerides
Q.28
Mitochondria are absent in ... ... [ AMU 1998 ]
  • a) Bacteria
  • b) Red algae
  • c) Green algae
  • d) Brown algae
Q.29
Cell organelle taking part in photorespiration is ... ... [ AIIMS 1991 ]
  • a) Glyoxysome
  • b) Peroxisome
  • c) Dictyosome
  • d) E.R.
Q.30
Which is common between chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts? [ AIIMS 2006 ]
  • a) Presence of pigments
  • b) Presence of thylakoids and grana
  • c) Storage of starch, proteins and lipids
  • d) Ability to multiply by a fission-like process
Q.31
Lysosomes are formed from ... ... [ BHU 2007 ]
  • a) E.R.
  • b) Golgi bodies
  • c) Mitochondria
  • d) Both A and B
Q.32
Phagocytosis was first seen by ... ... [ BHU 1995 ]
  • a) Huxley
  • b) Straburger
  • c) Haeckel
  • d) Metchnikoff
Q.33
Pectin occurs in ... .. [ manipal 2005 ]
  • a) Blood proteins
  • b) Plant cell walls
  • c) Milk protein
  • d) Liver cells
Q.34
Eukaryotic ribosomes are ... ... [ kerala 2002 ]
  • a) 30 S
  • b) 50 S
  • c) 80 S
  • d) 70 S
Q.35
Which one is an organelle within an organelle .... ... [ CBSE 2012 ]
  • a) ER
  • b) Mesosome
  • c) Peroxisome
  • d) Ribosome
Q.36
According to cell theory ... ... [ BHU 1999 ]
  • a) Cells are fundamental structural units of organisms
  • b) Cells reproduce
  • c) Cell are living
  • d) Cell have nuclei
Q.37
Detoxification site in liver is ... ... [ DPMT 1997]
  • a) Free ribosomes
  • b) Golgi complex
  • c) SER
  • d) RER
Q.38
Choose the wrong statement regarding bacterial cell A) Glycocalyx is the outer most envelope in bacteria B) Glycocalyx could be a loose sheath called capsule C) Glycocalyx may be thick and tough called slime layer D) A special structure formed by the plasma membrane is called mesosome E) Small bristle-like fibres sprouting out of the cell are called fimbriae ... ... [ kerala 2012 ]
  • a) A and C are wrong
  • b) A and B are wrong
  • c) B and C are wrong
  • d) A and D are wrong
Q.39
Which one is common amongst nucleus chloroplast and mitochondria? ... ... [ BHU 1990 ]
  • a) Cristae
  • b) Thylakoids
  • c) Nucleic acid
  • d) Carbohydrate metabolism
Q.40
Streaming of cytoplasm within a living cell is ... ... [ CET Chd 2011 ]
  • a) Homoeostasis
  • b) Cyclosis
  • c) Diffusion
  • d) Osmoregulation
Q.41
Polytene chromosomes occur in cells of salivary glands of ... ... [ JIPMER 1998 ]
  • a) Some insects
  • b) Rabbit
  • c) Humans
  • d) Mice
Q.42
F1 particles occur in ... .... [ Odisha 2004 ]
  • a) Mitochondria
  • b) Chloroplasts
  • c) Ribosomes
  • d) Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Q.43
Who first saw and described a live cell.. .... [ HPPMT 2010 ]
  • a) Matthias Schleiden
  • b) Theodore Schwann
  • c) Anton von Leeuwenhoek
  • d) Rudolf Virchow
Q.44
Plasmodesmata are .... ... [ CBSE 2009 ]
  • a) Locomotory structures
  • b) Lignified cement between cells
  • c) Connection between adjacent cells
  • d) Membranes connecting nucleus and plasmalemma
Q.45
Which one is non-living cell inclusion? [ Odisha 1997 ]
  • a) Golgi complex
  • b) Centrosome
  • c) Vacuole
  • d) Ribosome
Q.46
Function of lysosome is ... ... [ MPPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Breakdown of cell substances
  • b) Synthesis of proteins
  • c) Photosynthesis
  • d) Breakdown of water
Q.47
Cuticle occurs over ... ... [ Odisha 2007 ]
  • a) Virus
  • b) Human cell
  • c) Plant cell
  • d) Bacterium
Q.48
Water soluble materials pass through .... .. [ Kerala 2003 ]
  • a) Extrinsic proteins
  • b) Channel proteins
  • c) Spectrin
  • d) Glycoprotein
Q.49
Cytoskeleton is made of ... .. [ DPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Microtubules and E.R.
  • b) Microtubules and microfilaments
  • c) Cytoplasm
  • d) Cytoplasm with network of microtubules and microfilaments
Q.50
Which statement is not correct with reference to mitochondria? [ KCET 2009 ]
  • a) They divide in synchrony with cell cycle.
  • b) They contain DNA
  • c) They contain cristae
  • d) They provide chemical energy
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