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Cell the unit of Life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

With reference to Gram staining, select the correct statement

a)

Primary stain used is safranin

b)

Crystal violet is used as Mordant

c)

Primary stain is Crystal violet

d)

The bacterial smear observed blue in the microscope is gram negative

2.

The prokaryotic ribosomes,

a)

can be affected by action of RNases

b)

are found as free floating in cytoplasm

c)

are composed of 50S and 30S

d)

All of the above

3.

Which of the following cannot be attributed as a role of cytoskeleton?

a)

Formation of pseudopodia

b)

Formation of spindle fibers

c)

maintenance of cell structure

d)

Inhibits cylosis

4.

Which of the following statements is not true with respect to semi-autonomous organelle observed in plants and animals both

a)

It has gel like material inside the inner membrane known as stroma

b)

It has stacked structure of thylakoids known as Grana

c)

It has appressed and non-appresed regions in grana

d)

All of the above

5.

Microfilaments are composed mainly of a protein called

a)

Lamins

b)

Contractile protein actin

c)

Non-contractile protein actin

d)

Tubulin

6.

The components of the cells forming endomembrane system is /are

a)

Endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Golgi complex

c)

Lysosomes and vacuoles

d)

All of these

7.

Naked DNA found in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells is

a)

Nucleoid

b)

Prochromosome

c)

Genophore

d)

All of these

8.

Golgi complex is absent in

a)

Sperms of bryophytes

b)

Sieve tubes of plants

c)

Matured RBCs of mammals

d)

All of these

9.

The cristae in mitochondria bear

a)

Elementary particles

b)

F0 – F1 particles

c)

Oxysomes

d)

All of these

10.

___________ are self-replicating, extra chromosomal segments of double stranded circular and naked DNA, present in a bacterial cell.

a)

Plasmids

b)

Nucleoid

c)

Mesosomes

d)

Bacteriophages

11.

Mesosomes are the infoldings of cell membrane, which

(i) are present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

(ii) help in cell wall formation, DNA replication and respiration

(iii) increase the surface area of plasma membrane.

a)

(i) and (ii)

b)

(ii) and (iii)

c)

(i) and (iii)

d)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

12.

A phospholipid molecule is amphipathic and produces two layers coming in contact with H2O. The head of phospholipid molecule is

a)

at an angle of 40 °

b)

at the outer surface

c)

on the inner side

d)

embedded in protein molecules

13.

Cell membrane is selective permeable. This means that it

a)

allows all materials to pass through

b)

allows only water to pass through

c)

allows only certain materials to pass through

d)

allows only ions to pass through.

14.

Continuity of cytoplasm from cell to cell is maintained through cytoplasmic connections in plants called

a)

ER

b)

tight junction

c)

gap junction

d)

plasmodesmata

15.

Which of the following represents the features of lysosomes?

a)

A lower pH than the cytoplasm

b)

Reduced hydrolase activity

c)

Double membrane envelope

d)

All of these

16.

Extranuclear inheritance is due to the presence of genes in

a)

mitochondria and chloroplasts

b)

nucleus and mitochondria

c)

nucleus and chloroplasts

d)

endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria

17.

Which of the following statements is incorrect for Centrioles?

a)

Both the centrioles in a centrosome lie perpendicular to each other.

b)

Central proteinaceous hub is missing in a centriole.

c)

Each centriole has an organisation like that of a cartwheel.

d)

Centrosome usually contains 2 cylindrical centrioles.

18.

Select the wrong statement with respect to the structure of a plant cell.

a)

Cellulosic cell wall is present inside the cell membrane.

b)

Centrioles are usually absent.

c)

A large central vacuole is present.

d)

Golgi apparatus is formed of a member of unconnected units called dictyosomes.

19.

The chromosome in which centromere lies slightly away from the middle of the chromosome resulting into one shorter arm and one longer arm, is called as

a)

metacentric

b)

submetacentric

c)

acrocentric

d)

telocentric

20.

Assertion : Peripheral proteins are partially or totally buried in the membrane.

Reason :Integral proteins lie on the surface of membrane.

a)

Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

b)

Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

c)

Assertion is true but Reason is false.

d)

Both Assertion and Reason are false