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WorksheetsThe Fundamental Unit Of Life Class 9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Q1) ________ coined the term “cell.”
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
Rudolph Virchow
Robert Hooke
Matthias Jakob Shcleiden
Q2) An unripe green fruit changes colour when it ripens. The reason being :
Chromoplasts changes to chlorophyll
Chromoplasts changes to chromosomes
Chromosomes changes to chromoplasts
Chloroplast changes to chromoplasts
Q3) Lysosomes are the reservoirs of :
Fat
ATP
RNA
Hydrolytic enzymes
Q4) What refers to the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle ?
Pinocytosis
Digestion
Phagocytosis
Glycolysis
Q5) The process of the shrinkage of the protoplasm in the plant cell is called _______ , and it happens in which solution ?
Exocytosis , Hypotonic
Endocytosis , Hypertonic
Plasmolysis , Hypotonic
Endocytosis , Isotonic
Plasmolysis , Hypertonic
Q6) Camillo Golgi first discovered the Golgi Complex in the nerve cells of which animal ?
Human
Tiger
Owl
Elephant
Q) Which segment in the nucleus is known as 'The hereditary vehicles'
Genes
RNA
DNA
Chromosomes
Q8) Which cell organelle is common in both Monera and Protista ?
Plastid
Ribosome
Microsome
Lysosome
Q9) What is the membrane surrounding the vacuole of a plant cell called ?
Karyotheca
Karyolymph
Tonoplast
Dictyosome
Q10) As Centrioles are associated with spindle formation, they are mainly composed of which protein ?
Glycosomic proteins
Keratin
Tubulin
Actin
Q11) Who coined the term 'protoplasm', which literally translates to ' the first thing formed' in Greek ?
Thomas Huxley
J. E. Purkinje
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
N. Grew
Q12) Robert Hooke published a book that contained some of the first physical descriptions of cell. What was the name of the book ?
Opticks
Systema Naturae
Cellularism
Micrographia
Q13) If the largest animal cell is an Ostrich egg, then what is the largest plant cell ?
Caulerpa
Acetabularia
Gymnosperm
Dyadiscious cell
Q14) Name the father of modern pathology, who coined ,'Omnis cellula e cellula' (all cells arise from pre-existing cells)
Theador Schwann
Robert Koch
Rudolph Virchow
Ernst Haeckal
Q15) A cell without a cell wall is termed as a/an :-
Protoplast
Amyloplast
Syphoplast
Apoplast
Q16) What is the undefined nuclear region of a prokaryotic cell called ?
Nuclear pores
Nucleoid
Nucleolus
Nucleoplasm
Q17) The Krebs cycle (also known as Citric acid cycle) is a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to release stored energy through oxidation. Where does it take place ?
Cytoplasmic matrix
Nucleolus
SER
Mitochondrial matrix
Q18) Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxifying many poisons and drugs ?
Lysosomes
RER
SER
Mitochondria
Q19) The dark reaction (carbon-fixing reaction) takes place in which part of the chloroplast ?
Stroma
Lamellae
Thylakoid
Granum
Q20) Which is the most abundantly found enzyme on Earth , constituting around 44% mass of every human being ?
Amylase
Peptide
RuBisCo
Pepsin
