STD 9 Science Total Marks : 151

cell mcqs.

section A

* Choose the correct option from the given options [151]

1. Fluid contained inside the nucleus is called _______________________?
(A) Protoplasm (B) Nucleoplasm (C) Cytosol (D) Cytoplasm
2. The longest cell in the human body is:
(A) Nerve cell. (B) Muscle cell. (C) Liver cell. (D) Kidney cell.
3. Which of these options are not a function of ribosomes?
I. It helps in manufacture of protein molecules.
II. It helps in manufacture of enzymes.
III. It helps in manufacture of hormones.
IV. It helps in manufacture of starch molecules.
(A) I and II (B) II and III (C) III and IV (D) IV and I
4. Cell wall is made up of:
(A) Several layers of (B) Several micellae. (C) Cellulose (D) None of the
microfibrils. molecules. above.
5. Lipid molecules in the cell are synthesised by:
(A) Smooth (B) Rough (C) Golgi apparatus. (D) Plastids.
endoplasmic endoplasmic
reticulum. reticulum.
6. DNA stands for:
(A) Deoxyribo nucleic (B) Dihydroribo (C) Diribonucleate (D)
acid. nucleate acetate. acetate. Decarboribonucleic
acid.
7. Where do we generally mount the material on the slide:
(A) At the centre (B) On left side of (C) On right side of (D) Both B and C
slide slide
8. .......... are involved in intracellular digestion?
(A) Lysosomes (B) Phagosome (C) Golgi apparatus (D) Cytoplasm
9. Select the most appropriate option.Eukaryotic cells have a dense double membrane-
bound structure inside, called:
(A) Nucleus (B) Cytoplasm (C) Golgi apparatus (D) Vacuole
10. Which of these options are not a function of ribosomes?
i. It helps in manufacture of protein molecules.
ii. It helps in manufacture of enzymes.
iii. In helps in manufacture of hormones.
iv. In helps in manufacture of starch molecules.
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii) (C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (iv) and (i)
11. A group of cells together make up:
(A) Organelles. (B) Tissues. (C) Organs. (D) Body.

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12. The scientist who first observed bacteria and protozoa is:
(A) Antonie Van (B) Robert Hooke. (C) Mathias Jacob. (D) Robert Brown.
Leeuwenhoek.
13. Vacuole in a plant cell
(A) Lacks membrane (B) Lacks membrane (C) Is membrane- (D) Is membrane-
and contains air and contains water bound and contains bound and contains
and excretory storage proteins and water and excretory
substances lipids substances
14. Which of the following is called as the brain of the cell?
(A) Nucleus. (B) Mitochondria. (C) Ribosomes. (D) Plasma
membrane.
15. Seat of photosynthesis is:
(A) Leuciplast (B) Chloroplast (C) Chromoplast (D) Both a and c
16. A cell placed in hypotonic solution bursts up. It is:
(A) Animal cell. (B) Bacterial cell. (C) Fungal cell. (D) Plant cell.
17. A mature plant cell stores its water in:
(A) Cell wall (B) Cytoplasm (C) Nucleus (D) Vacuole
18. Define cell.
(A) A thick solution (B) Basic structural, (C) Biopolymers or (D) All of the above.
mainly composed of functional and large biomolecules
water, salts and biological unit that essential for all known
proteins. can replicate forms of life.
independently.
19. Which of following organisms can be seen only under the microscope?
(A) Unicellular. (B) Multicellular. (C) Vertebrates. (D) All of the above.
20. Which one from the following is an example of multicellular organism?
(A) Chlamydomonas. (B) Bacteria. (C) Snake. (D) Amoeba.
21. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) Robert Brown (B) Schleiden and (C) Virchow explained (D) A unicellular
discovered the cell. Schwann formulated that the cells are organism carries out
the cell theory. formed from pre- its activities within a
existing cells. single cell.
22. How is a bacterial cell different from an onion peel cell:
(A) Bacterial cell- (B) Onion peel cell- (C) Bacterial cell- (D) Bacterial cell -
prokaryote, Onion prokaryote, Bacterial contains only contains some
peel cell- eukaryote cell- eukaryote membranous membranous
organelles, Onion organelles, Onion
peel cell- no peel cell - only
membranous membranous
organelle organelle
23. Endoplasmic reticulum is absent in:
(A) Animal cells (B) Bacterial cells (C) Plant cells (D) Fungal cells
24. Which of the following statement defines hypertonic solution:

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 (A) The solution in (B) The solution in (C) The solution in (D) The solution in
which the which the which the which the
concentration of concentration of concentration of concentration of
solutes is more and solutes is less and the solutes is more and solutes is less and the
the concentration of concentration of the concentration of concentration of
solvent (water) is less solvent (water) is less solvent (water) is solvent (water) is
as compared to the as compared to the more as compared to more as compared to
cytoplasm of a cytoplasm of a the cytoplasm of a the cytoplasm of a
specific cell. specific cell. specific cell. specific cell.
25. Plasmolysis in a plant cell is defined as:
(A) Break down (lysis) (B) Shrinkage of (C) Shrinkage of (D) None of these.
of plasma membrane cytoplasm in hyperton nucleoplasm.
in hypotonic medium. medium.
26. Temporary mount of a peel is made in:
(A) Alcohol. (B) Water. (C) Glycerine. (D) Acetone.
27. Generally, smaller the cell:
(A) The larger the (B) The smaller the (C) It will be (D) It will be
nuclei. nuclei. metabolically more metabolically less
active. active.
28. Food is converted to energy in:
(A) Chloroplast (B) Nucleus (C) Mitochondria (D) Vacuole
29. Ribosomes are made up of:
(A) Lipoprotein. (B) RNA. (C) Protein. (D) Both (a) and (c).
30. Cell inclusions are:
(A) Non-living (B) Another name of (C) Cytoskeletal (D) Combined name
materials present in cell organelles. framework of cell. for cell wall and
the cytoplasm. plasma membrane.
31. A eukaryotic nucleus has a:
(A) Porous, single (B) Non-porous, (C) Porous, double (D) Non-porous,
membrane. single membrane. membrane. double membrane.
32. The idea ‘omins cellula e cellula’ which means that all living cells arise from preecisting
cells was given by:
(A) Robery Brown (B) Purkinje (C) Rudolf Virchow (D) Schleiden
33. Protein storing plastid is:
(A) Aleuroplast (B) Amyloplast (C) Elaioplast (D) Both b and c
34. Bulk transport occurs through:
(A) Endocytosis (B) Exoctosis (C) Endosmosis (D) Both A and B
35. The functional activities of a cell are controlled and directed by the:
(A) Protoplasm (B) Nucleus (C) Mitochondria (D) Endoplasmic
reticulum
36. ............... plays a crucial role in detoxifying many poisons and drugs in a cell.
(A) Golgi apparatus (B) Lysosome (C) Smooth (D) Vacuole
endoplasmic
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37. Following are a few definitions of osmosis.
Read carefully and select the correct definition:
(A) Movement of (B) Movement of (C) Movement of (D) Movement of
water molecules from solvent molecules solvent molecules solute molecules from
a region of higher from its higher from higher lower concentration
concentration to a concentration to concentration to to higher
region of lower lower concentration. lower concentration concentration of
concentration of solution through a solution through a
through a permeable semipermeable
semipermeable membrane. membrane.
membrane.
38. Which of the following is high in smaller cells?
(A) Surface area per (B) Metabolic activity. (C) Both A and B. (D) None of the
unit volume. above.
39. Which among the following cells is involved in continuity of life?

40. Which among the following is correctly represented?

(A) (B) Organism → organ (C) Cell → tissue (D) None of the
Cell → tissue → organ → organ system → organ above.
→ organ system → tissue → cell. system → organism
→ organism. → organ.
41. How many cells are present in human body:
(A) One million cells. (B) One billion cells. (C) One trillion cells. (D) More than a
trillion cells.
42. Which of the following is the main difference between onion peel cells and human
cheek cells?
(A) Presence of (B) Presence of cell (C) Absence of (D) Absence of
mitochondria in onion wall in onion peel plasma membrane in endoplasmic
peel cells only. cells only. cheek cells. reticulum.
43. Which of the following act as garbage disposal system of the cell?
(A) Golgi apparatus. (B) Lysosome. (C) Vacuole. (D) Peroxisome.
44. Solute concentration is higher is the external solution:
(A) Hypotonic. (B) Isotonic. (C) Hypertonic. (D) None of the
above.
45. The jelly like substance present in the cell is called as:
(A) Nucleoplasm. (B) Chromosome. (C) Chloroplast. (D) Cytoplasm.
46. A cell is the ______ and functional unit of an organism.
(A) Longest (B) Smallest (C) Biggest structural. (D) Strongest
structural. structural. structural.
47. Cell wall of plant cells is chiefly composed of:
(A) Hemicellulose. (B) Celluolse. (C) Phospholipids. (D) Proteins.

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48. Organisms having bigger size and have a complex structure are called as:
(A) Acellular. (B) Unicellular. (C) Multicellular. (D) None of these.
49. Which of the following is a membrane enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells
containing most of the cells genetic material?
(A) Nucleus. (B) Cytoplasm. (C) Vacuoles. (D) Plasmalemma.
50. Whichis useful for the study of a typical plant cell?
(A) Onion peel. (B) Onion leaves. (C) Onion root. (D) Onion fruit.
51. Animal cell lacking nuclei would also lack in:
(A) Chromosome. (B) Ribosome. (C) Lysosome. (D) Endoplasmic
reticulum.
52. The structure which forms a barrier between the protoplasm of the cell and its external
environment in an animal cell, is:
(A) Cell coat. (B) Cell wall. (C) Plasma (D) Mucilage.
membrane.
53. The nucleus is the site for synthesis of:
(A) DNA (B) mRNA (C) tRNA (D) All of the above
54. Root hairs of plants absorb water from soil through:
(A) Diffusion. (B) Imbibition. (C) Osmosis. (D) All the above.
55. Contractile vacuoles take part in:
(A) Absorption of (B) Osmoregulation. (C) Excretion. (D) Both b and c.
water from outside.
56. Which of the following is incorrect for Rudolf Virchow?
(A) He gave the (B) He modified the (C) According to him, (D) He proposed to
statement Omnis hypothesis of all cells arise from Cell Theory but this
cellula e cellua. Schleiden and pre-existing cells. theory did not explain
Schwann to give cell how new cells are
theory a final shape. formed.
57. Which material did you use in the laboratory to observe vacuoles?
(A) Rheo. (B) Betel. (C) Onion. (D) Torch cactus.
58. Kitchen of the cell is:
(A) Mitochondria. (B) Endoplasmic (C) Chloroplast. (D) Golgi apparatus.
reticulum.
59. Rough ER contains:
(A) Etoxofocation (B) Carbohydrate (C) Ribosomes. (D) Lysosomes.
centres. synthesizing
machinery.
60. Amoeba acquires its food through a process, termed:
(A) Exocytosis. (B) Endocytosis. (C) Plasmolysis. (D) Exocytosis and
endocytosis both.
61. Cells and their surrounding cell membrane are usually very small because:
(A) The phospholipid (B) The concentration (C) The exchange of (D) It has a larger
bilayer of the plasma of enzymes in small materials is less surface area to
membrane cannot cells is greater than in efficient than in large volume ratio
maintain integrity large cells. cells. compared to larger

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 keeping the size of cells and therefore,
the cell small. provides a more
efficient exchange of
nutrients and waste
products.
62. What is one major difference between a human skin cell and a human egg cell?
(A) Egg cell has twice (B) Egg cell has half (C) Skin cell has no (D) Only the egg cell
as many as many genetic information in has a nucleus.
Chromosomes as the chromosomes as skin its chromosomes.
skin cell. cell.
63. If a cell swells, after being placed in solution, the solution is:
(A) Neutral (B) Hypotonic (C) Hypertonic (D) Isotonic
64. New cells arise from pre-existing cell is the statement given by:
(A) Max Schultze. (B) R. Virchow. (C) Altmann. (D) Purkinje.
65. Plasma membrane is:
(A) Permeable (B) Selective (C) Semipermeable (D) Impermeable
permeable
66. The normal body cell of an organism contains 28 pairs of chromosomes. The number of
chromosomes present in its germ cell will be?
(A) 28 (B) 14 (C) 56 (D) 42
67. Colourless plastids are known as:
(A) Leucoplasts. (B) Chromoplasts. (C) Chloroplasts. (D) None of the
above.
68. _____ is the basic unit of life.
(A) Cell. (B) Tissue. (C) System. (D) Organism.
69. Unicellular microscopic organisms were first studied by _____________.
(A) Robert Hooke. (B) Priestley. (C) Pasteur. (D) Leeuwenhoek.
70. Which among the following is concerned with the synthesis and transport of lipids within
the cell?
(A) Smooth (B) Rough (C) Golgi apparatus. (D) Food vacuole.
endoplasmic endoplasmic
reticulum. reticulum.
71. The compounds synthesised near the ER are packaged and dispatched to various sites
inside and outside the cell through:
(A) Rough (B) Smooth (C) Plasma (D) Golgi apparatus.
endoplasmic endoplasmic membrane.
reticulum. reticulum.
72. The epidermal cells of onion protect against:
(A) Fungi. (B) Virus. (C) Both A and B. (D) Water.
73. Which of the following is not present in onion cell?
(A) Nucleus. (B) Chloroplast. (C) Cytoplasm. (D) Cell wall.
74. Genetic material of a eukaryotic cell is contained in:
(A) Nucleolus (B) Nucleus (C) Necleoplasm (D) Nucleoid
75. A cell can be declared dead, when it:

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 (A) Loses its capacity (B) Has lost its (C) Is metabolically (D) Both B and C.
to divide but nucleus. dead.
otherwise
physiologically active
due to intact nucleus.
76. What will happen if we put a plant and animal cell in the isotonic solution:
(A) No change (B) Cell swells (C) Cell shrinks (D) Cell bursts
77. While preparing a slide for observing onion peel under a microscope, the onion peel is
immediately kept in a watch-glass containing a drop of water. Why this is done?
(A) To stain the cells (B) To prevent the (C) To increase (D) For better clarity
peel from drying magnification
78. Tissue is formed by the combination of _____?
(A) Organs (B) Organ systems (C) Cells (D) All of the above
79. As the size of the cell increases:
(A) The total surface (B) The volume (C) The total surface (D) The volume
area decreases at the increases at the same area increase faster increases faster than
same rate as the rate as the total than the volume. the total surface area.
volume. surface area.
80. Well defined nucleus is absent in:
(A) Plant cell. (B) Animal cell. (C) Eukaryotic cell. (D) Prokaryotic cell.
81. If two solutions have the same concentrations, they are said to be:
(A) Hypertonic (B) Hypotonic (C) Isotonic (D) Dilute
82. Solution that has a greater concentration of solutes on the outside of a cell when
compared with the inside of a cell is a:
(A) Hypertonic (B) Isotonic solution. (C) Hypotonic (D) Both A and C.
solution. solution.
83. Most of the cells are ________ in size and are not visible to the unaided eye.
(A) Microscopic. (B) Macroscopic. (C) Regular. (D) None of these.
84. Which of the following is a part of protoplasm present between the nuclear membrane
and cell organelle?
(A) Leucoplast. (B) Nucleoplasm. (C) Cytoplasm. (D) None of the
above.
85. Vacuoles:
(A) Disrupt water (B) Provide flexibility (C) Are small-sized in (D) All of the above.
balance in animals. to plant cells. animal cell and large-
sized in plant cell.
86. Living cells were discovered by:
(A) Robert Hooke. (B) Purkinje. (C) Leeuwenhoek. (D) Robert Brown.
87. If cells of onion peel and RBC are separately kept in hypotonic solution, what among the
following will take place? Explain the reason for your.
(A) Both the cells will (B) RBC will burst (C) Both (a) and (b) (D) RBC and onion
swell. easily while cells of are correct. peel cells will behave
onion peel will extent. similarly.
88. The nucleus is separated from cytoplasm by:

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 (A) Protoplasm. (B) Cell membrane. (C) Cell wall. (D) Nuclear
membrane.
89. Membrane which allows passage of only solvent through it is:
(A) Differentially (B) Semipermeable. (C) Impermeable. (D) Both (a) and (b).
permeable.
90. The nucleus has:
(A) One membrane (B) Two membranes (C) Two membranes (D) Two membranes
with pores. with pores. with pores through with pores through
which substances do which
not pass. macromolecules may
pass.
91. The cell organelles with membrane-bound cisternae located near the nucleus of the
cell are:
(A) Lysosomes. (B) Plastids. (C) Golgi apparatus. (D) Mitochondria.
92. The functional units of Golgi apparatus are:
(A) Vesicles. (B) Vacuoles. (C) Cisternae. (D) Cytoplasm.
93. Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is:
(A) Endoplasmic (B) Golgi apparatus. (C) Mitochondria. (D) Lysosome.
reticulum.
94. Which of the following is incorrect pair?
(A) Chloroplast- (B) Mitochondria- (C) Lysosome- (D) nucleus-brain of
kitchen of the cell. power house of the secretory granules. the cell.
cell.
95. A cell will swell up if:
(A) The concentration (B) The concentration (C) The concentration (D) Concentration of
of water molecules in of water molecules in of water molecules is water molecules does
the cell is higher than surrounding medium same in the cell and not matter.
the concentration of is higher than water in the surrounding
water molecules in molecules medium.
surrounding medium. concentration in the
cell.
96. Cell wall of prokaryotes is made up of:
(A) Chitin. (B) Cellulose. (C) Glucosamine. (D) Mucopeptide.
97. Who first saw and described a live cell?
(A) Robert Hooke. (B) Robert Brown. (C) Gregor Mendel. (D) Anton von
Leeuwenhoek.
98. Organelle without a cell membrane is:
(A) Ribosomes. (B) Golgi apparatus. (C) Chloroplast. (D) Nucleus.
99. Cells are said to contain:
(A) Individuals. (B) Life span (C) Both A and B. (D) DNA.
information.
100. A cell shrinks on being kept in a solution. The solution is:
(A) Isotonic. (B) Hypotonic. (C) Hypertonic. (D) None of the
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101. Well defined nucleus is absent in:
(A) Blue green algae (B) Diatoms (C) Algae (D) Yeast
102. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) The size of cell is (B) Organism with (C) The number and (D) The number of
related to the function large body size size of cells have no cells in a multicellular
it performs. always has all the relation to the body organism increase as
cells of larger size. size. development
proceeds.
103. Find out a suitable term from the following for the various components of cells.
(A) Tissue. (B) Cell organelles. (C) Chromosomes. (D) Genes.
104. The nuclear material without nuclear membrane is observed in:
(A) Bacteria and (B) Cyanobacteria (C) Bacteria and (D) Mycoplasma and
green algae. and red algae. cyanobacteria. green algae.
105. In which type of cell division two identical daughter cells are formed:
(A) Mitosis (B) Meiosis (C) Amitosis (D) Both (A) and (B)
106. Cell wall of fungi is made up of:
(A) Cellulose. (B) Chitin. (C) Pectins. (D) All of these.
107. The codes for the specific proteins produced by a cell lies in the ________.
(A) Ribosome. (B) Endoplasmic (C) Chloroplast. (D) None of the
reticulum. above.
108. The food engulfed as food vacuole by Amoeba is digested with the help of enzymes in
the:
(A) Ribosomes. (B) SER. (C) Lysosomes. (D) Contractile
vacuole.
109. Who is the father of microscopy and microbiology?
(A) Theophrastus. (B) Janssen. (C) Leeuwenhoek. (D) Hooker.
110. Plant cell wall mainly consists of:
(A) Cellulose. (B) Protein. (C) Starch. (D) None of the
above.
111. Pick out the incorrect statement.
(A) Leucoplast is a (B) Cell wall is a non- (C) Golgi apparatus (D) Protoplasm is a
colourless plastid. living structure, acts as the site of life giving substance
mainly composed of protein synthesis. of a cell.
cellulose.
112. A cell placed in solution swells up. The solution is:
(A) Hypertonic (B) Isotonic (C) Hypotonic (D) Both a and b
113. Which is the most commonly used stain for epidermal cells?
(A) Malachite green. (B) Iodine. (C) Basic fuchsin. (D) Crystal violet.
114. Which of these is not related to endoplasmic reticulum?
(A) It behaves as (B) It transports (C) It can be the site (D) It can be the site
transport channel for materials between of energy generation. for some biochemical
proteins between various regions in activities of the cell.
nucleus and cytoplasm.
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115. The most abundant compound in cytoplasm is:
(A) Fat. (B) Water. (C) Proteins. (D) Carbohydrates.
116. .......... could be found in both, the nucleus and the cytoplasm:
(A) Nucleolus (B) Ribosomes (C) RNA (D) Both B and C
117. Osmosis is the diffusion of:
(A) Solute (B) Free energy (C) Water (D) Solute and
solvent
118. Unicellular organisms take in oxygen and pass out carbon dioxide through:
(A) Diffusion. (B) Exosmosis. (C) Endosmosis. (D) Active transport.
119. Which of the following cells can be seen with a naked eye?
(A) Egg cell of a hen. (B) Neurons of a giant (C) Cells of the (D) No single can be
squid. elephants brain. seen with a naked
eye.
120. ________ is the key to increase the number of cellsin a living being.
(A) Metabolism. (B) Growth. (C) Cell division. (D) Reproduction.
121. Living organisms vary widely in size. However, even the largest organisms such as the
giant redwood and the blue whale have cells that are roughly the same size as those in
smaller organisms. Why are all cells small?
(A) Cells must match (B) Cells require (C) Cells that grow (D) Cells are kept
the relative size of the enough membrane too large in size are small by their
organelles within surface area to supply absorbed by the requirements for
them. the needs of the cell surrounding cells in a food.
contents. fight for space.
122. 1 μm is:
(A) 10-6 m (B) 10-9 m (C) 10-10 m (D) 10-3 m
123. Chromosomes are made up of:
(A) DNA. (B) Protein. (C) DNA and protein. (D) RNA.
124. Viruses do not show any characteristic of living until they enter a living cell, because of
the absence of:
(A) Nucleic acid. (B) Mitochondria. (C) Membrane. (D) Proteins.
125. Delay in the observation of onion cells can lead to:
(A) Darkening of (B) Microscope does (C) Drying of scales. (D) All of the above.
stain. not detect cells.
126. The structure of nuclear membrane is suitable for:
(A) Organisation of (B) (C) Separation of (D) Synthesis of
spindle for nuclear Nucleocytoplasmic chromosomes. endoplasmic
division. exchange of reticulum.
materials.
127. A cell is a building unit of an organism. Select the correct statements.
(A) In unicellular (B) In multicellular (C) Both A and B. (D) None of these.
organisms, a single organisms, a single
cell is capable of cell is capable of
performing all the performing all the
functions of life. functions of life.

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128. Lysosomes are made up of:
(A) One membrane (B) Two membranes (C) Three (D) No membrane
membranes
129. Swollen feets and ankle can be naturally cured by dipping them in salt water. Suggest
the mechanism involved in this treatment.
(A) Diffusion. (B) Osmosis. (C) Plasmolysis. (D) Deplasmolysis.
130. What is the structural and functional unit of living organisms?
(A) Tissue. (B) Cell. (C) Organ. (D) None of these.
131. Micrographia was written by which of the following scientists?
(A) Grew. (B) Hooke. (C) Brown. (D) Lamarck.
132. The infoldings in mitochondria are known as:
(A) Cristae. (B) Matrix. (C) Cisternae. (D) Grana
133. Which part of the cell contains genetic information?
(A) Plasma (B) Nucleus. (C) Chloroplast. (D) Mitrochondria.
membrane.
134. Heat generating cells of animals are:
(A) Plasma cells. (B) Lymphocytes. (C) Fibrocytes. (D) Adipocytes.
135. Cytoplasm is:
(A) Unit mass of (B) Protoplasm (C) Protoplasm (D) Protoplasm
protoplasm. excluding plasma excluding plasma excluding plasma
membrane. membrane and membrane and cell
nucleus. organelles.
136. First living cells were observed by:
(A) A. V. (B) Robert Hooke. (C) R. Virchow. (D) Robert Bworn.
Leeuwenhoek.
137. Following are a few definitions of osmosis:
Read carefully and select the correct definition:
(A) Movement of (B) Movement of (C) Movement of (D) Movement of
water molecules from solvent molecules solvent molecules solute molecules from
a region of higher from its higher from higher lower concentration
concentration to a concentration to concentration to to higher
region of lower lower concentration. lower concentration concentration of
concentration of solution through a solution through a
through a semi permeable semi permeable
permeable membrane. membrane.
membrane.
138. Which scientist was the first to observe red blood cells in humans and other animals?
(A) Robert Brown. (B) Van (C) Johannes Miller. (D) Rudolf Virchow.
Leeuwenhoek.
139. Who discovered ribosomes in animal cells?
(A) Mendel (B) Hooke (C) Mc Carty (D) Claud
140. Average size of human body cells is:
(A) 5 − 10μm (B) 10 − 15μm (C) 20 − 30μm (D) 70 − 80μm

141. When the cell is small, then____________________?

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 (A) Nucleus will be (B) Nucleus will be (C) It will be (D) It will be
very small. very large. metabolically more metabolically less
active. active.
142. The branch which deals with the study of cell structure and function is known as:
(A) Histology. (B) Ecology. (C) Morphology. (D) Cytology.
143. Which of the following organisms has cell wall?
(A) Euglena. (B) Mucor. (C) Mycoplasma. (D) Amoeba.
144. Water molecules move from their ______ concentration to their ______ concentration
during osmosis:
(A) Higher, lower (B) Lower, higher (C) Isotonic, higher (D) Higher, isotonic
145. In animal cell which cell organelle is absent?
(A) Cell membrane. (B) Ribosomes. (C) Nucleus. (D) Cell wall.
146. Identify the organelle present only in animal cells:
(A) Chloroplast (B) Nucleus. (C) Centrioles. (D) Vacuoles.
147. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by:
(A) Haeckel. (B) Virchow. (C) Hooke. (D) Schleiden.
148. 1A 0 is:
(A) 10-6 m (B) 10-9 m (C) 10-10 m (D) 10-3 m
149. Nucleus is absent in one of the following.
(A) Companion cell. (B) Seive tube cell. (C) A vessel and (D) Both B and C.
tracheid.
150. The structure that are involved in the manufacture and supply of energy to the cell are:
(A) Centroies. (B) Nucleoius. (C) Pestide. (D) Mitochondria.
151. Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxifying many poisons and drugs in a
cell?
(A) Golgi apparatus. (B) Lysosomes. (C) Smooth (D) Vacuoles.
endoplasmic
reticulum.
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