Cell the fundamental unit of life mcq test paper

Q.1: The largest cell in the human body is –

(a)Nerve cell (b) Muscle cell (c)Liver cell (d)Kidney cell

Q.2: The barrier between the protoplasm and the other environment in an animal cells –

(a)Cell wall (b) Nuclear membrane (c) Tonoplast (d) Plasma membrane

Q.3: The term ‘Cell’ was given by –

(a)Leeuwenhoek (b) Robert hooke (c) Flemming (d) Robert Brown

Q.4: Who proposed the cell theory? –

(a)Schleiden and Schwann (b) Watson and Crick

(c) Darwin and Wallace (d) Mendel and Morgan

Q.5: A plant cell differs from an animal cell in the absence of –

(a)Endoplasmic Reticulum (b) Mitochondria

(c) Ribosome (d) Centrioles

Q.6: Centrosome is found in –

(a)Cytoplasm (b) Nucleus (c) Chromosomes (d) Nucleolus

Q.7: The power house of a cell is –

(a)Chloroplast (b) Mitochondrion (c) Golgi apparatus (d) Nucleolus

Q.8: Within a cell the site of respiration (oxidation) is the –

(a)Ribosome (b) Golgi apparatus

( c) Mitochondrion (d) Endoplasmic Reticulum

Q.9: Which is called ‘Suicidal Bag’?

(a)Centrosome (b) Lysosome (c) Mesosome (d) Chromosome 

Q.10: Ribosomes are the center for –

(a)Respiration (b) Photosynthesis (c) Protein synthesis (d) Fat synthesis 

Q.11: Double membrane is absent in –

(a)Mitochondrion (b) Chloroplast (c) Nucleus (d) Lysosome 

Q.12: Cell organelle found only in Plant is –

(a)Golgi apparatus (b) Mitochondria (c) Plastids (d) Ribosomes

Q.13: Organisms lacking nucleus and membrane bound organelle are -

(a)Diploids (b) Prokaryotes (c) Haploids d) Eukaryotes

Q.14: Animal cell is limited by –

(a)Plasma membrane (b) Shell membrane

(c) Cell wall (d)Basement membrane

Q.15: The network of Endoplasmic Reticulum is present in the –

(a)Nucleus (b) Nucleolus (c)Cytoplasm (d)Chromosomes

Q.16: Lysosome are reservoirs of

- (a)Fat (b) RNA (c) Secretary Glycoprotein (d) Hydrolytic Enzymes 

Q.17: The membrane surrounding the vacuole of a plant cell is called –

(a)Tonoplast (b) Plasma membrane (c)Nuclear membrane (d)Cell wall 

Q.18: Cell secretion is done by –

(a)Plastids (b) ER (c)Golgi apparatus (d)Nucleolus

Q.19: Centrioles are associated with –

(a)DNA synthesis (b) Reproduction (c)Spindle formation (d)Respiration

Q.20: Main difference between animal cell and plant cell is –

(a)Chromosome (b) Ribosome (c)Lysosome (d) Endoplasmic Reticulum 

Q.21: Animal cell lacking nuclei would also lack in –

(a) Chromosome (b) Ribosome (c) Lysosome (d) Endoplasmic Reticulum 

Q.22: Plasmolysis occurs due to –

(a)Absorption (b ) Endosmosis (c)Osmosis (d)Exosmosis

Q.23: A plant cell becomes turgid due to –

(a)Plasmolysis (b) Exosmosis (c) Endosmosis (d) Electrolysis

Q.24: Solute concentration is higher in the external solution –

(a)Hypotonic (b) Isotonic (c) Hypertonic (d) None of the above

Q.25: A cell placed in hypertonic solution will –

(a)Shrink (b) Show Plasmolysis (c) Swell up (d) No change in shape or size

Q.26: The radiant energy of sunlight is converted to chemical energy and is stored as –

(a)AMP (b) ADP (c)ATP (d)APP

Q.27: Which of the following organelle does not have membrane?

(a)Ribosome (b) Nucleus (c) Chloroplast (d)Mitochondria

Q.28: Root hair absorbs water from soil through –

(a)Osmosis (b) Active transport (c) Diffusion (d)Endocytosis

Q.29: The number of lenses in compound light microscope is –

(a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)1

Q.30: The history of the cell began in 1665 with the publication of Micrographia in London by - (a)Robert Hooke (b) Robert Brown (c) Strasburger (d)Dujardin

Q.31: Cell inclusions are –

(a)Non-living materials present in the cytoplasm (b) Another name of cell organelle (c) Cytoskeletal framework of cell (d) Combined name for cell wall and plasma membrane 

Q.32: Which cell organelle is not bounded by a membrane –

(a)Ribosome (b) Lysosome (c)ER (d)Nucleus

Q.33: Which of the following cellular part possess a double membrane?

(a)Nucleus (b) Chloroplast (c)Mitochondrion (d)All of the above 

Q.34: Cristae and Oxysomes are associated with –

(a)Mitochondria (b) Plastids (c)Golgi apparatus (d)Plasma membrane

Q.35: Karyotheca is another name of –

(a)Nuclear envelope (b) Nucleus (c)Nuclear pores (d)Nucleolus

Q.36: Cell organelle that acts as supporting skeletal framework of the cell is –

(a) Golgi apparatus (b) Nucleus (c) Mitochondria (d) ER

Q.37: Plastids are present in –

(a)Animal cell only (b) Plant cells only

(c)Both animal cells and Plant cells (d)Neither animal nor plant cell

Q.38: Cell wall of plant is chiefly composed of –

(a)Hemicellulose (b) Cellulose (c)Phospholipids (d)Proteins

Q.39: Intercellular connections of plant cells are called -

(a)Middle lamella (b)Micro fibrils (c)Matrix (d)Plasmodesmata 

Q.40: Genes are located on the –

(a)Chromosomes (b)Nucleolus (c)Nuclear membrane (d)Plasma membrane

Q.41: Chromatin consists of –

(a)RNA (b) DNA (c)RNA and histones (proteins) (d)DNA and histones (proteins) 

Q.42: Different types of chromosomes can be recognized by the positions of the following separating the two arms –

(a)Centro mere (b) Genes (c) Spindle (d)Nucleus


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