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BASIC OF LIFE - CELLS MCQs

Half Life, Diversity Of Life, Cell The Unit Of Life

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Question 21. Raghav kept a plant in a dark room for a week. The leaves started to look white and waxy. His mother advised him to keep the plant in a place where there was light directly falling on the plant. So he replaced the plant on the window sill where there was direct sunshine. The leaves turned green again. Which of these organelles do you credit for this change?
  1.    Plasmid
  2.    Plastids
  3.    Vacuole
  4.    Endoplasmic reticulum
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Plastids
:
B
Plastid is a smalldouble-membraned organelleofplantcells, occurringinseveralvarieties,asthechloroplast,containing ribosomes,prokaryoticDNA,andpigment.
Question 22. Keeping in view the “fluid mosaic model” for the structure of the cell membrane, which of the following statement is correct with respect to the movement of lipids and proteins from one lipid monolayer to the other (described as flip-flop movement)?
  1.    Both lipids and proteins can flip flop
  2.    While lipids can rarely flip flop, proteins cannot
  3.    While proteins can flip flop, lipids cannot    
  4.    Neither lipids nor proteins can flip flop
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> While lipids can rarely flip flop, proteins cannot
:
B
Flip flop movement is rarely found in lipid molecules, whereas it remains absent in protein molecules.
Question 23. Which one of the following structures between two adjacent cells is an effective transport pathway?
  1.    Plasmodesmata    
  2.    Plastoquinones
  3.    Endoplasmic Reticulum
  4.    Plasmalemma
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Plasmodesmata    
:
A
The primary cell wall contains many small openings or pores situated in the primary pit fields. The cytoplasms of adjacent cells communicate through the pores by means of cytoplasmic bridges called plasmodesmata. The plasmodesmata permit circulation of fluids and passage of solutes between cells
Question 24. Nucleolus is a -
  1.    Round structure, that makes rRNA, situated in the nucleus
  2.    Round structure present near the nucleus in cytoplasm 
  3.    Rod-shaped structure present near the nucleus in the cytoplasm
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Round structure, that makes rRNA, situated in the nucleus
:
A
Thenucleolusis the nuclear subdomain that assembles ribosomal subunits in eukaryotic cells. The nucleolarorganiser regions of chromosomes, which contain the genes for pre‐ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA), serve as the foundation fornucleolarstructure
Question 25. Assertion: Eukaryotic cells have more DNA than prokaryotic cells.
Reason: Eukaryotic cells are genetically more complex than prokaryotic cells.
  1.    Both the assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
  2.    Both the assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.
  3.    If the assertion is true but the reason is false.
  4.    Both the reason and assertion are false.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Both the assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
:
A
The genomes of most eukaryotes are larger and more complex than those of prokaryotes. The presence of large amounts of noncoding sequences is a general property of the genomes of complex eukaryotes. In eukaryotic cells, DNA packaging is more complicated because they contain an amount of DNA that is much larger than that of prokaryotic cells. So eukaryotic cells which have complex chromosomes are composedof DNA-histone proteins. But in prokaryoticcells,histones are absent.
Question 26. Which of the following organelles is/are present both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
  1.    Endoplasmic reticulum
  2.    Mitochondria
  3.    Ribosomes 
  4.    Plasmids
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ribosomes 
:
C
Ribosomesare the cellular organelles that carry out protein synthesis, through a process called translation. They arefound in both prokaryotesandeukaryotes.
Question 27. Within the nucleus DNA is organized along with proteins into material called
  1.    nuclear lamina
  2.    chromatin
  3.    chromosome
  4.    chromatid
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> chromatin
:
B
The DNA + histone protein =chromatin.The DNA double helix in the cell nucleus is packaged by special proteins termed histones. The formed protein/DNA complex is calledchromatin. The basic structural unit ofchromatinis the nucleosome.
Question 28. All of the following statements are true regarding the "cell theory" except 
  1.    All living things are made up of cells
  2.    Cells are the smallest structural and functional unit of life
  3.    Cell comes only from pre-existing cells
  4.    All cells arise spontaneously
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All cells arise spontaneously
:
D
For centuries people accepted the "spontaneous generation" of life from inanimate matter. When this long-standing myth was finally dispelled in the mid-1800's by Pasteur with his swan neck flask experiments, it became clear that all life must arise from pre-existing life —viaa process of reproduction.
Question 29. Two alternating amino sugars, namely N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid  (NAM)  make up the 
  1.    The peptidoglycan cell wall of the bacteria
  2.    The capsule of the bacteria
  3.    The flagella of the bacteria
  4.    The sex pili of the bacteria
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The peptidoglycan cell wall of the bacteria
:
A
Acell wallis a layer located outside thecell membranefound in plants, fungi,bacteria, algae, and archaea. A peptidoglycancell wallcomposed of disaccharides and amino acids givesbacteriastructural support.The peptidoglycan layer in the bacterial cell wall is a crystal lattice structure formed from linear chains of two alternating amino sugars, namely N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM).
Question 30. Which is correct about cell theory in view of current status of our knowledge about cell structure?
  1.    It needs modification due to discovery of sub cellular structure like chloroplasts and mitochondria.
  2.    Modified cell theory means that all living beings are composed of cells capable of reproducing.
  3.    Cell theory does not hold good because all living being do not have cellular organization (e.g., viruses)
  4.    Cell theory means that all living objects consists of cells whether or not capable reproducing.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Cell theory does not hold good because all living being do not have cellular organization (e.g., viruses)
:
C
Cells theory proposed by 'Schwann andSchleiden' states that all living organisms whether animals or plants are made up of cells and have similar organization. It is the unit of structure and function. Exception to cell theory are cellular organisms, i.e., lacks cellular organizations. Moreover, coenocytic forms like Paramecium,Rhizopus, have more than one nuclei and areexceptions to cell theory.

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