Cell,Biomolecules and cell cycle

1. A common characteristic feature of plant sieve tube cells and most of mammalian erythrocytes is
a. Absence of mitochondria b. Presence of cell wall c. Presence of haemoglobin d. Absence of nucleus
2. Select one which is not true for ribosome
a. Made of two sub-units b. Form polysome c. May attach to m+ RNA d. Have no role in protien
synthesis
3. Which one of these is not a eukaryote?
a. Euglena b. Anabena c. Spirogyra d. Agaricus
4. Which of the following stains is not used for staining chromosomes?
a. Basic Fuchsin b. Safranin c. Methylene green d. Carmine
5. Different cells have different sizes. Arrange the following cells in an ascending order of their size.
Choose the correct option among the followings
i. Mycoplasma ii. Ostrich egg
iii. Human RBC iv. Bacteria Options:
a. i, iv, iii & ii
b. i, iii, iv & ii
c. ii, i, iii & iv
d. iii, ii, i & iv
6. Which of the following features is common to prokaryotes and many eukaryotes?
a. Chromatin material b. Cell wall present c. Nuclear membrane present d. Membranes bound sub-cellular
organelles present
7. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane?
a. Benda b. Schleiden and Schwann c. Singer and Nicolson d. Robert Brown
8. Which of the following statements is true for a secretory cell?
a. Golgi apparatus is absent b. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER) is easily observed in the cell c. Only
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER) is present d. Secretory granules are formed in nucleus.
9. What is a tonoplast?
a. Outer membrane of mitochondria b. Inner membrane of chloroplast c. Membrane boundary of the
vacuole of plant cells d. Cell membrane of a plant cell
10. Which of the following is not true of a eukaryotic cell?
a. Cell wall is made up of peptidoglycans b. 80S type of ribosomes are present in the cytoplasm c.
Mitochondria contain circular DNA d. Membrane bound organelles are present
11. Which of the following statements is not true for plasma membrane?
a. It is present in both plant and animal cell b. Lipid is present as a bilayer in it c. Proteins are present
integrated as well as loosely associated with the lipid bilayer d. Carbohydrate is never found in it
12. Plastid differs from mitochondria on the basis of one of the following features. Mark the right answer.
a. Presence of two layers of membrane b. Presence of ribosome c. Presence of thylakoids d. Presence of
DNA
13. Which of the following is not a function of cytoskeleton in a cell?
a. Intracellular transport b. Maintenance of cell shape and structure c. Support of the organelle d. Cell
motility
14. The stain used to visualise motochondria is
a. Fast green b. Safranin c. Acetocarmine d. Janus green
15. Many elements are found in living organisms either free or in the form of compounds. Which of the
following is not found in living organisms?
a. Silicon b. Magnesium c. Iron d. Sodium
16. Aminoacids, have both an amino group and a carboxyl group in their structure. Which one of the
following is an amino acid?
a. Formic acid b. Glycerol c. Glycolic Acid d. Glycine
17. An aminoacid under certain conditions have both positive and negative charges simultaneously in the
same molecule. Such a form of aminoacid is called
a. Acidic form b. Basic form c. Aromatic form d. Zwitterionic form
18. Sugars are technically called carbohydrates, referring to the fact that their formulae are only multiple
of C(H2O). Hexoses therefore have six carbons, twelve hydrogens and six oxygen atoms. Glucose is a
hexose. Choose from among the following another hexose.
a. Fructose b. Erythrose c. Ribulose d. Ribose
19. When we homogenise any tissue in an acid the acid soluble pool represents
a. Cytoplasm b. Cell membrane c. Nucleus d. Mitochondria
20. The most abundant component of living organisms is
a. Protein b. Water c. Sugar d. Nucleic acid
21. A homopolymer has only one type of building block called monomer repeated ‘n’ number of times.
A heteropolymer has more than one type of monomer. Proteins are heteropolymers usually made of
a. 20 types of monomers b. 40 types of monomers c. 30 types of monomers d. only one type of monomer
22. Proteins perform many physiological functions. For example, some functions as enzymes. Which of
the following represents an additional function that some proteins discharge?
a. Antibiotics b. Pigment conferring colour to skin c. Pigments making colours of flowers d. Hormones
23. Glycogen is a homopolymer made of
a. Glucose units b. Galactose units c. Ribose units d. Aminoacids
24. The number of ‘ends’ in a glycogen molecule would be
a. Equal to the number of branches plus one b. Equal to the number of branch points c. One d. Two, one
on the left side and another on the right side
25. The primary structure of a protein molecule has
a. Two ends b. One end c. Three ends d. No ends
26. Enzymes are biocatalysts. They catalyse biochemical reactions. In general they reduce activation
energy of reactions. Many physico-chemical processes are enzyme mediated. Which of the following
reactions is not engyme-mediated in biological system?
a. Dissolving CO2 in water b. Untwining the two strands of DNA c. Hydrolysis of sucrose d. Formation
of peptide bond
27. Meiosis results in in diploid organisms a. Production of gametes b. Reduction in the number of
chromosomes c. Introduction of variation d. all of the above
28. At which stage of meiosis does the genetic constitution of gametes is finally decided
a. Metaphase I b. Anaphase II c. Metaphase II d. Anaphase I
29. Meiosis occurs in organisms during
a. Sexual reproduction b. Vegetative reproduction c. Both sexual and vegetative reproduction d. None of
the above
30. During anaphase-I of meiosis
 a. Homologous chromosomes separate b. Non-homologous chromosomes separate c. Sister chromatids
separate d. Non-sister chromatids separate
31. Mitosis is characterised by
a. Reduction division b. Equal divisionc. Both reduction and equal division d. Paining of homologous
chromosomes
32. A bivalent of meiosis-I consists of
a. Two chromatids and one centromere b. Two chromatids and two centromere c. Four chromatids and
two centromere d. Four chromatids and four centromere
33. Cells which are not dividing are likely to be at
a. G1 b. G2 c. Go d. S phase 8. Which of the events listed below is not observed during mitosis? a.
Chromatin condensation b. Movement of centrioles to opposite poles c. Appearance of chromosomes with
two chromatids joined together at the centromere. d. Crossing over
34. Identify the wrong statement about meiosis
a. Pairing of homologous chromosomes b. Four haploid cells are formed c. At the end of meiosis the
number of chromosomes are reduced to half d. Two cycle of DNA replication occurs
35. Select the correct statement about G1 phase
a. Cell is metabolically inactive b. DNA in the cell does not replicate c. It is not a phase of synthesis of
macromolecules d. Cell stops growing
36.The structure of the plant cell is not alive
a)Nucleus
(b) Cell Wall
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Mitochondrion
37. In human RBC, the cell membrane has
a. 52% protein and 40% lipids
b. 40% protein and 52% lipids
c. 32% protein and 65% lipids
d. 65% protein and 32% lipids
38. A: Polar molecules require membrane carrier protein for transport.
B: Polar molecules alone cannot pass through the non- polar lipid bilayer.
a. A and B are correct and B is the correct explanation for A.
b. A and B are correct and B is not correct explanation for A.
c. A is correct but B is wrong.
d. Both A and B are wrong.
39.Select the wrong statement.
(1) Bacterial cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan.
(2) Pili and fimbriae are mainly involved in motility of bacterial cells.
(3) Cyanobacteria lack flagellated cells.
(4) Mycoplasma is a wall-less microorganism.
40. Movement and accumulation of ions across a membrane against their concentration
gradient can be explained by
(1) Facilitated Diffusion
(2) Passive Transport
(3) Active Transport
(4) Osmosis
41.Which of the following are NOT considered as the part of endomembrane system?
A. Mitochondria
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
C. Chloroplasts
D. Golgi complex
E. Peroxisomes
42.Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) A, C and E only
(2) A and D only
(3) A, D and E only
(4) B and D only
43.The shorter and longer arms of a sub-metacentric chromosome are referred to as
(1) s-arm and l-arm respectively
(2) p-arm and q-arm respectively
(3) q-arm and p-arm respectively
(4) m-arm and n-arm respectively
44.Which of the following is true for nucleolus?
(1) Larger nucleoli are present in dividing cells
(2) It is a membrane-bound structure
(3) It takes part in spindle formation
(4) It is a site for active ribosomal RNA synthesis
45.Select the mismatch.
(1) Gas vacuoles – Green bacteria
(2) Large central vacuoles – Animal cells
(3) Protists – Eukaryotes
(4) Methanogens – Prokaryotes