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BIOLOGY
CELL: THE UNIT OF LIFE

Q.1. Crossing over takes place between:

1) 2 sister chromatids 2) 2 non sister chromatids
3) 3 homologous chromosomes 4) 4 non homologous chromosomes
Q.2. The significance of meiosis lies in
1) Maintaining constancy in the number of chromosomes in an organism
2) Production of genetic variability in the population of species
3) Reduction of the diploid number of chromosomes to haploid
4) All the above
Q3. Pairing of homologous chromosomes takes place in:-
1) pachytene 2) zygotene 3) diplotene 4) leptotene
Q.4. Who coined the term chromosome?
1) Balbiani 2) Waldeyer 3) Sutton 4) Purkinjee
Q.5.How many meiotic division will be necessary to produce two hundred pollen grains?
1) 100 2) 99 3) 50 4) 200
Q.6.Which among the following can only be seen under electron microscope?
1) chloroplast 2) leucoplast 3) ribosomes 4) nucleus
Q.7. Synthesis of DNA takes place in
1) G1 PHASE 2) S PHASE 3) G2 PHASE 4) G0 PHASE
Q.8. Bulk of histone proteins are produced in
1) G1 PHASE 2) S PHASE 3) G2 PHASE 4) G0 PHASE
Q.9. The longest phase in meiosis is
1) Prophase I 2) Prophase II 3) Metaphase I 4) Anaphase II
Q.10. Shortest phase in mitosis is
1) prophase b) metaphase c) anaphase d) telophase
Q.11. Principal constituent of chromosomes are
1) DNA and RNA 2) DNA and proteins 3) RNAs 4) DNAs
Q.12. Movement against concentration gradient is called
1) Osmosis 2) active transport 3) diffusion 4) passive transport
Q.13. Arrange the following events of meiosis in the correct sequence-
A. Terminalisation of chaismata
B. Crossing over
C. Synapsis
D. disjunction of chromosomes
E. Dissolution of synaptonemal complex
The correct sequence is-
1) A B C D E 2) E D C B A
3) C B D E A 4) C B E A D
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Q.14. The diagrammatic representation of chromosomes is known as-

1) ideogram b) karyotype c) holotype 4) homotype

Q.15. Chromosomes at anaphase are of various shapes due to position of:-

1) satellite 2) chromonema 3) centromere 4) DNA
Q.16. Transomes are ________ of ovarian follicle of birds
1) mitochondria 2) sac of ribosomes 3) ER d) amyloplast
Q.17. The cell wall of spirogyra is made up of -
1) cellulose 2) suberin 3) lignin 4) chitin
Q.18. In cell division spindle fibre is made up of-
1) Myoglobin 2) tubulin 3) albumin 4) myosin
Q.19. Colchicine prevents the mitosis of cell at-
1) prophase 2) anaphase 3) metaphase 4) telophase
Q.20. In a diploid cell after S phase quantity of DNA is 20 pg, after anaphase II situation
will be, in each daughter nucleus-
1) Diploid, 10pg DNA
2) Haploid, 10pg DNA
3) Haploid, 5pg DNA
4) Diploid, 5pg DNA
Q.21. A cell divides every one minute. At this rate of division it can fill a 100 ml of beaker in one hour.
How much time does it take to fill a 50 ml beaker?
a) 30 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 59 minutes d) one minute

Q.22. In how many cells the meiotic division has taken place, if the total number of spermatids produced
are 32?
a) 16 b) 8 c) 32 d) 4

Q.23. Zygotic meiosis occurs in

a) Pteris b) Marchantia c) Puccinia d) Chalmydomonas

Q.24. Daughter cells are formed as a result of meiosis are not similar to that of parent cell because
a) Meiosis is completed in two stages.
b) Prophase is longest phase.
c) Nucleus size increases in daughter cells.
d) Crossing over takes place and chromosome number is halved.

Q.25. During meiosis chiasmata are observed at

a) Pachytene b) Diplotene c) Leptotene d) Diakinesis

Q.26. Number of mitotic divisions required to produce 128 cells from a single cell is
a) 7 b) 8 c) 16 d) 32

Q.27. During which stage of prophase I the crossing over takes place?
a) Pachytene b) Leptotene c) Zygotene d) Diplotene

Q.28. During which stage of prophase I the crossing over takes place?
a) Pachytene b) Leptotene c) Zygotene d) Diplotene
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Q.29. In a somatic cell cycle, DNA synthesis takes place

a) G 1 phase b) G2 prophase c) S phase d) Prophase of mitosis

Q.30. In somatic cell cycle-

a) in G1 phase DNA content is double the amount of DNA present in the origin cell
b) G 2 phase follows mitotic phase
c) a short interphase is followed b along mitotic phase
d) DNA replication takes place is S phase

Q.31. Microtubule is involved in the

a) Cell division b) DNA recognition c) Muscle contraction d) Membrane contraction
Q.32. Mitotic spindle is mainly composed of which protein?
a) Actin b) Myosin c) Myoglobin d) Actomyosin

Q.33. At which stage of the cell cycle are histone proteins synthesized in a eukaryotic cell?
a) During telophase b) During S phase
c) During G2 stage of prophase d) During entire prophase

Q.34. Best material for the study of mitosis in laboratory is

a) anther b) Root tip c) Leaf tip d) Ovary
Q.35. Which one of the following precedes reformation of the nuclear envelope during M phase of cell
cycle?
a) Decondensation from chromosomes, and reassembly of the nuclear lamina
b) Transcription from chromosomes, and reassembly of the nuclear lamina
c) Formation of the contractile ring, and formation of the phragmoplast
d) Formation of the contractile ring, and transcription from chromosomes

Q.36 A cell divides every one minute. At this rate of division it can fill a 100 ml of beaker in one hour. How
much time does it take to fill a 50 ml of beaker?
a) 29 minutes b) 30 minutes c) 59 minutes d) 60 minutes

Q.37. Cell plate formation is present in

a) bacterial cell b) viruses c) animal cell d) plant cell

Q.38. Which typical stage is known for DNA replication?

a) S-phase b) G1 phase c) G2 phase d) Metaphase

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