14 May 2023 F.M.

– 45 (Time: 80 min)

THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE

A. VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(ANY 17) : 1*17=17

1. Plasma membrane is made up of which two components?
2. What is hypotonic solution?
3. What is active transport?
4. What is endocytosis?
5. Name two structures found in plant cells but not in animal cells.
6. Which organelle is involved in the formation of lysosomes?
7. Which organelle is associated with ribosome formation?
8. Define plasmolysis.
9. Name the only cell organelle seen in prokaryotic cell.
10. Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxifying many poisons and drug in
a cell?
11. Cell wall of bacteria is made up of which components?
12. Name the organelle other than Nucleus containing DNA.
13. Which organelle is called Kitchen of the cell?
14. Lipid molecules in cell are synthesized by which cell organelle?
15. Who coined the term ‘Protoplasm’?
16. Which cell organelle contain the pigment like anthocyanin?
17. Which type of cell division involved in formation of gametes?
18. Define cristae
19. Define cisternae.
20. Name the cell organelle without a cell membrane.
B. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS ( Any 8): 2*8=16
1. Why is endocytosis found in animals only?
2. Which cell organelle is called the secretary organelle of the cell? Why?
3. What is cell sap? Give its composition.
4. How are chromatin, chromatid and chromosomes related to each other?
5. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis.
6. Why are lysosomes known as ‘suicide-bags’ of the cell?
7. Differentiate between Protoplasts and Tonoplast.
8. Why are lysosomes also known as ‘Scavenger of the cell’?
9. Write two functions of centrosome.
10. State cell theory.

C. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS : 4+8=12

1. Differentiate between Nucleus and Nucleoid. (4)
2. Draw a level diagram of animal cell. How it is different from plant cell?(5+3)