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PRACTICE TEST
(for BOTANY)
Test - 7
Syllabus : Cell: The Unit of Life, Cell Cycle and Cell Division, The living world, Biological Classification

1. Plant cells differ from animal cells in the presence of (1) A – Controls unidirectional movement of RNA and
(1) Centriole and ribosomes proteins

(2) A large central vacuole (2) B – Major site for synthesis of lipid

(3) Cell walls and vesicles (3) C – RNA and protein particles

(4) Plastid and mitochondria (4) D – Frequently observed in cells actively involved
in protein synthesis and secretion
2. All statements are correct for plasmamembrane, except
4. Packaging of materials and their delivery either to the
(1) Lipid component mainly consists of
intracellular targets or outside the cell is principally
phosphoglycerides
performed by
(2) Human erythrocyte membrane has 40% lipids and
52% protein approximately (1) Endoplasmic reticulum (2) Golgi apparatus

(3) Quasi-fluid nature of protein enables lateral (3) Cell membrane (4) Vacuoles
movement of lipids within overall bilayer
5. How many of the features given in the box are
(4) Improved and widely accepted model of the associated with chloroplasts?
structure of cell membrane was proposed by
Singer and Nicolson Synthesis of carbohydrate and proteins;
3. Identify the correctly matched pair w.r.t the given ds circular DNA; 70S ribosomes;
diagram. Storage of oil and fats; Cytoplasmic male sterility

Nucleus (1) Three (2) Four

A
(3) Five (4) Two
B
6. When viewed under the microscope, cells do not show
golgi complexes, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleolus and
nuclear envelope during
(1) Early prophase (2) End of prophase
(3) Telophase (4) Quiescent stage
7. Select the odd one out w.r.t. the significance of mitosis.
(1) Production of diploid daughter cells with identical
genetic complement
(2) Growth of multicellular organisms
C
(3) Cell repair
(4) Multinucleate cell formation

(1)
D
8. Find the mismatch. (1) Interphase lasts more than 95% of the duration of
(1) Leptotene – Compaction of chromosomes cell cycle

(2) Zygotene – Synapsis (2) M-phase starts with cytokinesis

(3) Diplotene – Transition to metaphage (3) Yeast cell can progress through the cell cycle in
about 90 seconds
(4) Pachytene – Crossing over
9. If the female gamete of a plant species has four (4) Cell cycle is divided into two basic phases
chromosomes, then its parental cell will have interkinesis and karyokinesis

(1) 16 chromosomes during anaphase-I 14. Select the correct sequence of events which takes
place during meiosis II
(2) 4 bivalents aligned on the equatorial plate during
metaphase-I a. Condensation of chromatin
(3) 16 tetrads during pachytene b. Splitting of centromere
(4) 16 chromosomes during G2 stage c. Chromosome align at the equator
10. Meiosis
(1) a  b  c (2) b  c  a
(1) Increases the genetic variability in population of
organisms (3) a  c  b (4) b  a  c

(2) Involves pairing of non-homologous chromosomes 15. What will be the number of bivalents present in a
typical human meiocyte?
(3) Forms two daughter cells
(4) More than one option is correct (1) 22 (2) 23

11. A plant species has 10 pg DNA and 8 chromosomes (3) 92 (4) 46

in its pollen grain, then what was the amount of DNA 16. If a meiocyte contains 20 chromosomes, then what will
and number of chromosomes in its microspore mother be the chromosome number at each pole during
cell at G1 phase anaphase-I?
(1) 40 pg; 16 chromosomes (1) 40 (2) 20
(2) 20 pg; 16 chromosomes (3) 10 (4) 5
(3) 10 pg; 8 chromosomes 17. Which stages of cell divisions do the figures A and
(4) 20 pg; 32 chromosomes B represent respectively?

12. Select the events which occur twice during meiosis.

a. Nuclear division b. Division of cytoplasm
c. DNA replication d. Bivalent formation A. B.

e. Equational division
(1) a and b (2) a, b and e Figure A Figure B

(3) a, b and d (4) c, d and e (1) Early prophase Anaphase

(2) Late prophase Anaphase-I
13. Study the given diagrammatic view of cell cycle and
mark the correct option (3) Late prophase Metaphase-I
(4) Early prophase Metaphase-II
18. Which of the following organelles lack membrane?
A. Centriole B. Flagella
G1
C. Ribosome D. Microbodies
S E. Vacuoles F. Lysosomes
G0
(1) A & B
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Cytok ase
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(2) D & E
Tel pha as
a h G2
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(4) D & F
Pr
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(2)
19. When a chromosome has centromere slightly away 26. Two kingdom system of classification was mainly
from the middle of chromosome, then it will be called based upon
(1) Acrocentric (2) Metacentric (1) Cell wall
(3) Submetacentric (4) Acrocentric
(2) Mode of nutrition
20. Meiosis take place in
(3) Type of cell
(1) Meiocytes, spore mother cell, zygospore of Ulothrix
(4) More than one option is correct
(2) Spore mother cell, sperm mother cell in Dryopteris,
androcyte cells in Funaria 27. Select correct statement for the sole members of the
kingdom-monera.
(3) Microspore mother cell, Gemma cup, Spore mother
cell a. Are the most abundant micro-organisms
(4) Androcyte cells in Marchantia, Meiocytes, b. Not found in extreme habitats
Zygospore of Ulothrix
c. Cell wall is devoid of cellulose
21. Which one of the following structures determines the
shape of the cell and provides a strong structural d. Show extensive metabolic diversity
support to prevent the bacterium from bursting?
e. Majority of them synthesise their own food
(1) Cell membrane (2) Glycocalyx
(1) a, c & d (2) a, b & d
(3) Slime layer (4) Cell wall
(3) b, c & d (4) c, d & e
22. Match the following
Column I Column II 28. Both carbon and nitrogen reducing enzymes are
present in how many members listed below?
a. Thylakoids (i) The inner compartment of
mitochondria
Chlorella, Oscillatoria, Rhizobium,
b. Cristae (ii) In foldings in mitochondria
Nitrococcus, Azotobacter, Anabaena,
c. Cisternae (iii) Disc-shaped sacs in golgi Frankia, Bacillus, Nitrocystis
apparatus
d. Matrix (iv) Flat membranous sacs in (1) Six (2) Five
stroma
(3) Four (4) Two
(1) a(iv), b(i), c(ii), d(iii) (2) a(iv), b(iii), c(i), d(ii)
29. Heterocysts of Anabaena
(3) a(iv), b(ii), c(i), d(iii) (4) a(iv), b(ii), c(iii), d(i)
23. During mitotic telophase (1) Are photosynthetic

(1) Chromatids move to opposite poles (2) Have both PS I & PS II

(2) Centromeres split (3) Contain nitrogenase enzyme
(3) Chromosomes move to equator (4) Are mainly modified reproductive structures
(4) Nucleolus, Golgi body and ER reform
30. Microscopic and holophytic organisms that float
24. Algal cell wall made of all, except passively in water currents are
(1) Cellulose (1) Chrysophytes
(2) Galactans (2) Pyrrophytes
(3) Hemicellulose
(3) Euglenophytes
(4) Mannans
(4) More than one option is correct
25. A bacterium divides every 20 minutes. If a cultures
containing 106 cells per ml is grown for 120 minutes, 31. Fruiting bodies in slime moulds develop from _____
what will be the cell concentration per ml after 120 after _______ process.
minutes? (1) Plasmodium, Aggregation
(1) 32 × 106 cells (2) Somatic cells, Plasmogamy
(2) 64 × 106 cells
(3) Zygote, Development and Colonisation
(3) 16 × 106 cells
(4) Plasmodium, Differentiation
(4) 120 × 106 cells
(3)
32. Archaebacteria differs from eubacteria in 40.
(1) Mode of nutrition (2) Cell type
(3) Type of ribosomes (4) Cell wall structure
33. Slime moulds undergo aggregation
41.
(1) To form fruiting bodies
(2) Under unfavourable conditions
(3) To form plasmodium
(4) To form gametes producing structure
34. Consider the following statement(s).
A – Fungi show great diversity in morphology and
habitat
B – White rust fungus is facultative parasite on mustard
42.
leaf
C – The cell walls of algal fungi are composed of chitin
mainly
(1) All are correct
(2) Both A & B are correct
(3) Both B & C are incorrect
(4) Only C is incorrect
35. Coenocytic mycelium is present in
(1) Albugo, Rhizopus, Pythium 43.
(2) Rhizopus, Mucor, Penicillium
(3) Morchella, Tuber, Phytophthora
(4) Pythium, Phytophthora, Aspergillus
36. The intervening dikaryotic stage is absent in sexual life
cycle of _______ members
44.
(1) Ascomycetes (2) Basidiomycetes
(3) Deuteromycetes (4) Phycomycetes
37. In most of the plant viruses, the infectious material is
(1) Capsid (2) Envelope
(3) Single stranded RNA (4) Double stranded DNA
38. Lichens are symbiotic association of
(1) Prokaryotic heterotrophs and autotrophs
(2) Spermatophytes and chemoautotrophs
(3) Prokaryotic or eukaryotic autotrophs and
multicellular heterotrophs
45.
(4) More than one option is correct
39. Kingdom-plantae includes
(1) All chlorophyll containing eukaryotic organisms
(2) Few partially heterotrophs
(3) Eukaryotic cell structure
(4)
(4) More than one option is correct