Q5.

Cell organelles keep damaging and dying in a cell but the cell cytoplasm is always
devoid of any dead morbid material. Which cell organelle is responsible for this
cleanliness in a cell?

a) Mitochondria
b) Golgi Body
c) Lysosome
d) Endoplasmis reticulum

Ans: c

Read the following article carefully:

In Biology labs, biological materials like cells, cell organelles and biological molecules
are separated by a method called a centrifugation.

In centrifugation, first the material is prepared for the process. Preparation means the
material is subjected to vibration-forces strong enough to break the material in required
components. For example, if we need to separate various cell organelles, we first subject
the cell to vibrations strong enough to break the cell membrane but not so strong that
might break the cell organelles. Such slurry like mixture obtained after vibrations is
known as Homogenate.

The homogenate is then poured in a test-tube and put into a centrifuge. A centrifuge is
an apparatus, which rotates test-tubes at a high speed horizontally.

Things, which are heavier, experience maximum centrifugal force and are pushed
farthest from the centre in the test-tube. Things, which are lighter, do not experience so
much of centrifugal force and are not pushed so far.

This creates many layers of suspended materials in the test-tube: heaviest at the bottom,
lightest at the top and others in between in the decreasing order of their weight from
bottom to top of the test-tube.
Answer the following questions based on the information given in the above article.

Q6: If a cell is subjected to centrifugation, what will be the order of cell-organelles

obtained from top to bottom of the test-tube?

a) Mitochondria, Nucleus, Ribosome, Golgi body.

b) Ribosome, Golgi body, Mitochondria, Nucleus.
c) Mitochondria, Golgi body, Ribosome, Nucleus.
d) Nucleus, Mitochondria, Golgi body, Ribosome.

Ans: b

Q7: Which of the following things will not be found in the homogenate prepared from
Fungi?

a) Mitochondria
b) Plastids
c) Cell wall material
d) Ribosome

ANs: b

Q8: Which of the following will be found at the bottom of the test-tube if a homogenate
containing all of these is centrifuged?

a) Adipose connective tissue

b) Bone tissue

c) Blood tissue

d) Cartilaginous tissue

ANs: b
Q9: A homogenate resulted in layers of following components: Mitochondria, Ribosome,
Golgi body, Cytoplasm, cell membrane, Endoplasmic reticulum, Nucleus. Which of the
following organism is it most likely to have been obtained from?

a) Peniccilium
b) E.Coli
c) Hydra
d) Fern
Ans: c

Q 10. Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the
options given below :

(a) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion.

(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.

(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.

(d) If the assertion and reason both are false.

(e) If assertion is false but reason is true.

Ans: a

Assertion: Inner lying of lungs is lined by simple squamous epithelial tissue.

Reason: Gaseous exchange takes place through the inner lining of the lungs.
Ans: d

CGT

Q 13. The structure that breaks down food particles is the

 Mitochondria.

 lysosome.

 ribosome.

 vacuole.

Ans: b

Q14. Compared to water, the environment on the inside of the blood cell could
best be described as: 1

a. hypertonic     b. hypotonic     c. isotonic     d.ginandtonic

Ans: a

Q15. What would happen if you gave a patient an IV of pure water? 1

a. Their blood cells would shrink.

b. Their blood cells would burst.

c. The patient would slowly become rehydrated.

d. I would be promoted for my outstanding level of medical care. 

Ans: b

Q16. I am doing an experiment on osmosis. I take some dialysis tubing (a semi-

permeable membrane) and fill it with a 50% sugar solution. Sugar molecules are
very big, and cannot pass through the membrane. If I want to make the cell gain
weight, which beaker should I place it into? 1

a. beaker of 70% sugar solution

b. beaker of water

c. beaker of 90% sugar solution

d. beaker of any type of sugar solution

e. None of these conditions would cause the cell to gain weight

ANs: b

Q 17. A frog cells appears to be magnified by 4.5 times by a light microscope. If the actual
size of the frog cell was 4.5 10-6 m, than what is will be the approximate size of the image
visible under the microscope? 1

a. 20.25  10-9m
b. 30.35  10-9m
c. 90.25  10-6 m
d. 20  10-6 m
ans: d

20. Which of the following is an example of a living single cell but not a
living single celled organism?
a. Amoeba
b. WBC

c. WBC and Amoeba

d. Paramecium

Ans: b

21. Which of the following is not formed by Golgi apparatus?

a. Plasma membrane

b. Lysosomes

c. Central Vacuole

d. None of the above.

Ans: a

22. Which of the following will not burst when kept in a hypotonic
solution?
a. Red Blood Cell

b. Plant cell

c.Bacteria

d. both ‘b’ and ‘c’

Ans: d

23. Which meristem is responsible for a heavy bulb of red

cabbage?
a. Apical meristem

b. Lateral meristem

c. Intercalary meristem

d. Secondary meristem

Ans: c

24.What will be found in the human knee?

a. Tendon

b. Ligament
c. Simple squamousepithelim

d. All of the above.

ANs: d

25 . Identify the group to which the following organisms belong. 1 each

a. An organism with a body containing of many cells that have Cytoplasm,

Vacuoles, Nucleus, Mitochondria, Lysosomes, Cell-wall and Ribosomes. FUNGI
b. A Multi-cellular Eukaryote, made-up of cell-wall lacking cells. ANIMAL
c. A Multi-cellular Eukaryote with cells that are covered in cell-walls, chlorophyll is
covered forming chloroplasts PLANTS
d. An organism made of a cell with Flagella, Chloroplasts, Nucleus, Vacuoles,
Mitochondria, Eyespot and Photoreceptors. PROTISTA
e. An organism made of a cell with just one membrane around it and no other
membrane inside. MONERA

26. In the light of ‘Classification of living world’, identify the more fundamental and
less fundamental characteristics from the following pairs. 2 EACH

More Fundamental: ________________________________

Less Fundamental: ________________________________

a. Well organized body AND Covered seeds.

b. Ability to photosynthesis AND Presence of Cell-wall.
c. Presence of a cell-wall AND presence of a well-organized nucleus.
d. Well organized tissues AND well organized cells.

27. Write down the differences between Monera and Protista.

PROKARYOTES, EUKARYOTES, WELL DEFINED NUCLEAUS AND CELL ORGANELLES
2 MARKS
28.Antiboitics are the chemicals that stop the propagation of microorganisms… various
Antibiotics function in various ways to achieve this. Match the mechanism of an
antibiotic action to the organism/organisms it will kill or stop from reproducing. (one
mechanism can be matched with more than one organisms)

A. Breakdown of cell wall (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

B. Breakdown of Nuclear envelop (i)(iii)(iv)(v)
C. Inhibiting the enzymes of photosynthesis.(ii)(iii)
D. Formation of new nuclear membrane.(i)(iii)(iv)(v)

(i). Euglena B,D 2

(ii). Bacteria A, C 2

(iii). Single celled algae. A, B, C, D 4

(iv). Yeast A, B, D 3

(v). Paramoecium. B, D 2