COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD, ABBOTTABAD CAMPUS

AFGHAN STUDENTS “ZERO SEMESTER”

BIOLOGY QUIZ
MCQs
Name______________________________ Reg#___________________ Time: 40 min
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1. Tissue culture produces clones in which all the product cells have the same__________.
a. Phenotype b. genotypes c. homozygous d. heterozygous
2. The tiny cell organelles about _________ which was discovered by Palade in 1955 is ribosome.
a. 30nm b. 21nm c. none d. 20nm
3. The streaming active mass movement of cytoplasm is called___________.
a. Cytosol b. Cyclosis c. glycolysis d. hydrolysis
4. The RNA in ribosome is_______________.
a. tRNA b. mRNA c. rRNP d. rRNA
5. The ribosomes in eukaryotes are________________.
a. 80s b. 70s c. 80S d. 70S
6. The processed enzymes are budded off as Golgi vesicles are called____________________.
a. Lysosomes b. primary lysosomes c. peroxisomes d. none
7. The membranes of the mitochondria is made up of_______________.
a. Nucleoprotein b. proteins c. glycoprotein d. protein and lipids
8. The main functions of ER are Circulation, synthesis, detoxification, ______________support and
communication.
a. Mechanical b. chemical c. physical d. none
9. The magnifying power of TEM is___________.
a. 1000000x b. 2500000x c. 100000x d. none
10. The inner surface of cristae in the mitochondrial matrix has a small knob like structures called__.
a. elementary particles b. F1 particles c. both A and B d. option C
11. The folds present in the ____________is called cristae.
a. Lysosomes b. ER c. mitochondria d. nucleus
12. The fluid inside the ______________is called stroma.
a. Chlorophyll b. chloroplast c. chromoplast d. zentophyll
13. The final color of the aniline sulphate is__________ which is suitable for lignin.
a. White b. red c. blue d. yellow
14. The disease in which the accumulation of lipid on ________cell takes place is called Tay-Sach’s
a. Heart b. brain c. lungs d. All
15. The cell wall of the prokaryotic cells is made up of____________.
a. Chitin b. murein c. cellulose d. none
16. ________________is a permanent stain.
a. Aniline sulphate b. Safranin c. iodine solution d. All
17. ___________are synthesized by the nucleolus of the nucleus.
a. Protein b. carbohydrates c. Ribosomes d. mitochondria
18. Peroxisomes are present in the ____________of plants for photorespiration.
a. Stem b. roots c. flower d. green leaves
19. Peroxisomes are present in animal mostly in ______________cells.
a. Brain and heart b. liver and kidney c. liver and lungs d. All
20. Peroxisomes also called______________.
a. Microfilaments b. microtubules c. cytoskeleton d. none
21. Nucleus consists of mainly ____________parts.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5
22. Nucleolus is composed of mainly __________regions.
a. 3 b. 1 c. 2 d. 4
23. Nuclear envelope is mainly composed of _________.
a. Single membrane b. double membrane c. triple membrane d. membrane less
24. Nontoxic stain which are used to living tissues is called____________stain.
a. Non vital b. vital c. natural d. counter
25. Murein is a______________.
a. Nucleoprotein b. glycoprotein c. lipids d. lipoprotein
26. ________________is missing inside the prokaryotic cells.
a. Meiosis b. binary fission c. conjugation d. Mitosis
27. Mitochondria is absent in the________________.
a. Plants b. Animals c. paramecium d. RBCs
28. Which of the following is a self-replicating organelle.
a. Mitochondria b. chloroplast c. chromoplast d. both A and B
29. Microfilament are thin cylinders made up of contractile __________protein.
a. Actin b. myosin c. tubulin d. tropomyosin
30. ____________________is an example of lysosomal activity.
a. Respiration b. lipid synthesis c. Metamorphosis d. incomplete metamorphosis
31. Lysosomes were firstly demonstrated as a separated components of the cell by _________in 1949.
a. De Duve b. Palade c. Greger d. De Don
32. _________________takes place in the mitochondrial matrix.
a. Krebs’s cycle b. TCA c. CAC d. All
33. In young RBCs, ______________is formed by the synthesized protein of free ribosome.
a. Hemoglobin b. myoglobin c. trypsin d. All
34. In ______________ribosomes, the smaller subunit is of 30S and larger subunit is of 50S.
a. Prokaryotic b. mitochondrial c. eukaryotic d. both A and B
35. In____________, Camillo Golgi discovered under special staining techniques Golgi bodies.
a. 1898 b. 1989 c. 1798 d. none
36. Golgi complex is made up of units, called________________.
a. Lysosomes b. Dictyosomes c. polysomes d. cristae
37. Glyoxisomes are absent in lipid poor seed like____________.
a. Pea b. castor oil seed c. both A and B d. none
38. Eukaryotic ribosomes are composed of equal amount of protein and RNA, due to which it is called_.
a. RNA b. rRNA c. RNP d. tRNA
39. Erythrocytes have only _____________nuclear pore per nucleus.
a. 1 b. 2—4 c.3—4 d. none
40. Each centrioles consists of cylindrical array of ____________ microtubules.
a. 27 b. 9 c. 3 d. All
41. During spectrophotometry, the cell mass is ______________proportional to the optical density.
a. Directly b. inversely c. Both A and B d. none
42. Drosophila has _______________chromosomes.
a. 8 pairs b. 8 c. 4 pair d. both B and C
43. Cytosol is a site for metabolic pathways such as_________________.
a. Glycolysis b. glycogenolysis c. Krebs’s cycle d. none
44. Cytoskeleton was firstly suggested by _______________in 1928 under microscope i.e. the fibrous network
of skeleton in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.
a. Koltzoff b. Du Koltzoff c. Th Koltzoff d. none
45. Cytoskeleton is of _____________types.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 7 d. 1
46. Colloidal solution of cytoplasm is of ______________type.
a. 2 b. 90 c. 12 d. 59
47. Chromosome is made up of_____________________.
a. Nucleic acid b. DNA and RNA c. nucleoprotein d. All
48. Chlorophyll is resembles with hemoglobin but different is in the _________instead of Fe++.
a. Mg++ b. Al+++ c. Ca++ d. Mg+
49. All cilia and flagella possessing central bundle of _______________called axoneme.
a. Microtubules b. microfilament c. both d. none
50. About _____________ or more thylakoid piled to form one granum.
a. 50 b. 20 c. 100 d. 33