Chapter: Cell biology

Assignment 3

Question-1: What would you expect to happen if you removed the cell wall from a plant cell and
placed it into a drop of water
Options:
(a) The cell would begin to grow
(b) The cell would shrink
(c) The cell would burst
(d) Nothing would happen

Question-2: Algal cell wall consists of-

Options:
(a) Cellulose
(b) Galactans
(c) Mannans and minerals like CaCO3
(d) All

Question-3: The cell wall of plants consists of-

Options:
(a) Cellulose
(b) Hemicellulose
(c) Pectins and proteins
(d) All

Question-4: A cell without cell wall would also lack_

Options:
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Chloroplast
(c) ER
(d) Biomembrane

Question-5: Which statement about the plant cell wall is not true?
Options:
(a) Its principal chemical composition is polysaccharide
(b) It is rigid
(c) It completely isolates adjacent cells
(d) All

Question-6: Middle lamellae-

Options:
(a) mainly consists of Ca-pectate
(b) Holds different neighbouring cells together
(c) Is formed as cell plate during cytokinesis
(d) All

Question-7: A mutant cell, unable to manufacture cellulose would be unable to-

Options:
(a) Build a cell wall
(b) Capture sunlight
(c) Store food
(d) Divide

Question-8: The innermost portion of a mature plant cell wall is the -

Options:
(a) Primary cell wall
(b) Plasma membrane
(c) Secondary cell wall
(d) Plasmodesmata

Question-9: Choose the false statement

Options:
(a) The 1º Cell wall of young cell is capable of growth
(b) Growth of 1º cell wall diminishes as the cell matures
(c) 1º Cell wall is very non-elastic
(d) Secondary cell wall is thicker, stronger and positioned between the 1º cell wall and cell
membrane

Question-10: Choose the correct statement-

Options:
(a) The secondary cell wall forms when the growth of cell stops
(b) The secondary wall is inextensible
(c) Plasmodesmata consists of a fine pore/canal in the cell wall and middle lamella. It is a
cytoplasmic bridge among neighboring cells
(d) All

Question-11: ER, GB, lysosome and vacuoles are components of endomembranous system
because-
Options:
(a) Their structure are distinct
(b) Their functions are distinct
(c) Their functions are coordinated
(d) All

Question-12: Read the following statements (A-D) and answer as asked next to them.
(a) A Mitochondria and chloroplast are energy transducers
(b) The functions of mitochondria, chloroplast and peroxisome are not coordinated with ER, GB,
lysosome ad vacuoles, so they are a part of the endomembranous system
(c) Internal compartmentalization causes the divison of labour within eukaryotic cells that greatly
increases overall cellular function
(d) Prokaryotic cells have various types of cell organelles.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Options:
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Two

Question-13: Which of the following cell organelles were discovered after the introduction of
electron microscope?
Options:
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Endoplasmic Reticulum
(c) Ribosomes
(d) Both b and c

Question-14: Endoplasmic reticulum is called RER when it has _________on its surface-
Options:
(a) Elementary particles
(b) Ribosomes
(c) Oxysome
(d) Quantasomes

Question-15: Cholesterol is synthesized by-

Options:
(a) Eggs
(b) SER
(c) RER
(d) Golgi Body

Question-16: Ribosomes are found in all except-

Options:
(a) Bacteria
(b) Mitochondria and chloroplast
(c) RER
(d) GB

Question-17: The proteins that will function outside the cytosol are made by-
Options:
(a) GB
(b) Ribosomes in mitochondria
(c) Ribosomes on RER
(d) Ribosomes in the nucleus

Question-18: The membrane of the ER are continuous with the membrane of-
Options:
(a) nucleus
(b) Golgi body
(c) mitochondria
(d) plastid

Question-19: The SER is the major site of synthesis of -

Options:
(a) Lipid
(b) Protein
(c) Lipid, steroidal hormones and glycogen metabolism
(d) Protein and lipid

Question-20: A cell, which is very active in the synthesis and secretion of proteins, would be
expected to have-
Options:
(a) Equal amount of RER and SER
(b) More SER than RER
(c) More RER than SER
(d) More GB and no RER

Question-21: “The cytoplasm of animal and plant cells is transversed by a network of tiny
tubular membranous system that divison the intracellular space into 2 compartments (Luminal
inside the membranous system) and extra luminal (Cytoplasm compartment.”
The above statement is attributed to-
Options:
(a) ER
(b) GB
(c) Plasma membrane
(d) Nuclear membrane

Question-22: Packing of substances for export from the cell occurs in the
Options:
(a) SER
(b) GB
(c) Lysosome
(d) Nucleolus

Question-23: Which of the following cell organelles are named after the name of discover?
Options:
(a) ER
(b) DNA
(c) GB
(d) ATP

Question-24: Which of the following is the correct sequence /route of the secretory product?
Options:
(a) ER →Vesicles → Cis region of GB → Trans region of GB → Vesicle → Plasma membrane
(b) RER →GB → Lysosome →Nuclear membrane →Plasma membrane
(c) ER →Vesicles →Trans region of GB → Cis region of GB →Vesicles →Plasma membrane
(d) Lysosome → ER → GB → Vesicles → Cell membrane

Question-25: Which one is the important site of synthesis of glycoprotein and glycolipid?
Options:
(a) GB
(b) RER
(c) Lysosome
(d) None

Question-26: Which of the following is correct about GB?

Options:
(a) GB is structurally and biochemically polarized
(b) The main function of GB is packaging of materials, to be delivered to the intracellular targets
or secreted outside (produced by RER or SER or both)
(c) The products that travel through GB are usually modified as they move from one cisternae to
another cisternae
(d) All
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