CELL STRUCTURE Exercise

Q1. What is true about fluid mosaic model?

(a) Proteins are embedded at places in the phospholipids bilayer

(b) Phospholipids layer is sandwiched between two protein layers

(c) Phospholipids monolayer is present on the top of a protein layer

(d) Phospholipids bilayer is present on the top of the protein layer

Q2. Which of the following are characteristics of the phospholipids of plasma membrane?

(a) Two polar heads and two polar tails

(b) Two non polar heads and one polar tails

(c) Two polar heads and one non polar tails

(d) One polar head and two non polar tails

(e) One non polar head and two polar tails

Q3. The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower
concentration is called:

(a) Osmosis

(b) Diffusion

(c) Exocytosis

(d) Endocytosis

Q4. Substance ‘X’ is the charged molecule of small molecular weight. It is found at the higher
concentration outside of cells than inside. How might substance ‘X’ enters the cells?

(a) Active transport

(b) Diffusion through channel

(c) Diffusion through lipid bilayer

(d) None of the above

Q5. Which of the following is a difference between Active Transport(AT) and Facilitated Diffusion(FD)?
 (a) AT requires energy from ATP and FD does not

(b) FD require energy from ATP and AT does not

(c) FD involves transport protein and AT does not

(d) AT involves transport protein and FD does not

Q6. Outermost layer of cell wall is:

(a) Primary wall

(b) Plasmalemma

(c) Middle lamella

(d) Secondary wall

Q7. Middle lamella is:

(a) Plasma membrane covering the two cells together

(b) A cell material between two adjacent cells

(c) A pore in the plasma membrane of cell

(d) A cell wall between two adjacent cells

Q8. Which one is not correctly matched?

(a) Grana-stacks of membrane bound discs with

chlorophyll and carotenoids

(b) Cristae-Shelves produced by folding of inner

mitochondrial membrane

(c) Middle lamella-Developed between two

adjacent plant cells

(d) Plasmodesmata-Membranes surrounding

vacuoles

Q9. Endoplasmatic reticulum was discovered by:

(a) Porter

(b) Robert brown

(c) Altmann
 (d) De duve

Q10. Which is correctly matched?

(a) Microsomes-Photosynthesis

(b) Centrosome-Enzymes of digestion

(c) Lysosomes- Synthesis of amino acid

(d) ER-Formation of new nuclear membrane

Q11. Which of the following stores calcium for muscle contraction?

(a) Smooth ER

(b) Microtubules

(c) Mitochondria

(d) Contractile vacuoles

Q12. Dictyosomes are:

(a) Golgi bodies

(b) Classes of ribosomes

(c) Respiratory particles

(d) Places of flagellar origin

Q13. Which of the following pairs of functions is most closely associated with Golgi apparatus?

(a) Acid phosphatase

(b) Malate synthetase

(c) Glycosyl transferase

(d) Cytochrome oxidase

Q14. Which of the following statements about lysosomes is incorrect?

(a) They may be autophagic

(b) They are filled with acid hydrolase and other enzymes function

(c) They are monomorphic and uniform in structure and function

 (d) They can digest proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and polysaccharides

Q15. Which of the following cell organelles is not a microbody?

(a) Ribosome

(b) Glyoxisome

(c) Peroxisome

(d) Spherosome

Q16. Peroxisomes are associated with:

(a) Respiration

(b) Photosynthesis

(c) Photorespiration

(d) Phosphorylation\

Q17. Which is not true about spherosomes?

(a) Arise from ER

(b) Related to fats

(c) Involved in photorespiration

(d) Single membrane bound structure

Q18. Which of the following is known as ‘powerhouse’ of the cells?

(a) Nucleus

(b) Ribosome

(c) Cytoplasm

(d) Mitochondrion

Q19. Which one of the following is common in plants and animals?

(a) Centriole

(b) Cell wall

(c) Chloroplast
 (d) Mitochondria

Q20. Mitochondria are absent in:

(a) Bacteria

(b) Viruses

(c) Blue-green algae

(d) All of these

Q21. Which of the following statement is correct?

(a) Mitochondria contain circular DNA, but

chloroplasts lack it

(b) Chloroplasts contain circular DNA, but

mitochondria lack it

(c) Neither mitochondria nor chloroplasts contain

any DNA

(d) Both mitochondria and chloroplasts contain

circular DNA

Q22. Mitochondrion is a semi-autonomous organelle because it contains:

(a) Proteins

(b) DNA and RNA

(c) RNA and ribosomes

(d) DNA ,m-RNA and ribosomes

Q23. Which of these is mis-matched?

(a) Elaioplasts – Store oils or fats

(b) Amyloplasts- Store protein granules

(c) Chloroplasts- contain chlorophyll pigments

(d) Chromoplasts – contain coloured pigments

other than chlorophyll

(e) Leucoplasts- Contain colourless pigment

Q24. The chloroplast, thylakoids are in the form of:

(a) Stacked discs

(b) Interconnected sacs

(c) Independent discs

(d) Interconnected tubules

Q25. Extranuclear genes are located in:

(a) Lysosomes and chloroplasts

(b) Ribosomes and mitochondria

(c) Golgi complex and ribosomes

(d) Chloroplasts and mitochondria

Q26. Which among following can be seen only under electron microscope?

(a) Nucleus

(b) Leucoplast

(c) Ribosome

(d) Chloroplast

Q27. Ribosomes consists of:

(a) DNA and RNA

(b) DNA and protein

(c) RNA and proteins

(d) RNA and amino acids

Q28. The two subunits of ribosome remain united at the critical level of:

(a) Calcium

(b) Copper

(c) Magnesium

(d) Manganese
Q29. Of the following organelles, which group is involved in manufacturing substances needed by the
cell?

(a) Ribosomes, rough ER, smooth ER

(b) Rough ER, microtubule, lysosome

(c) Lysosome, vacuole, ribosome

(d) Smooth ER, lysosome, vacuole

Q30. Regarding miocrotubules, all of the following statement true except they:

(a) Help to determine cell shape

(b) Are major component of centrioles

(c) Are major component of microvilli

(d) Are major component of cytoskeleton

Q31. The primary function of intermediate filament is to:

(a) Generate movement

(b) Provide mechanical stability

(c) Transport organelles within the cell

(d) Stabilize microtubules against disassembly

Q32. Axoneme having 9+2 doublet microtubule arrangement is found in:

(a) Cilia and flagella

(b) Centriole

(c) Cilia

(d) Flagella

Q33. Which are the sites of ATPase activity in the cilia and flagella?

(a) Doublets

(b) Dynein arms

(c) Base of cilia and flagella

 (d) Basal granules of cilia and flagella

Q34. Centrosome is a:

(a) Nuclear structure of animal cells

(b) Cytoplasmic structure of plant cells

(c) Cytoplasmic structure of animal cells

(d) Cytoplasmic structure of both animal and

plant cells

Q35. 9+0 microfibrillar structure is found in:

(a) Basal body

(b) Centriole

(c) Blepharoplast

(d) All of these

Q36. Which of the following is as non living cell inclusion?

(a) Vacuole

(b) Ribosome

(c) Centrosome

(d) Golgi complex

Q37. The membrane around the vacuole is called?

(a) Tonoplast

(b) Cytoplast

(c) Elaioplast

(d) Leucoplast

(e) Amloplast

Q38. Match the items in coloum1 with column 2 and choose the correct answer:
 Coloumn1 Coloumn2

A. Sap vacuole 1.Contain digestive enzymes

A. Contractile vacuole 2.Store metabolic gases

A. Food vacuole 3.Osmoregulation

A. Air vacuole 4.Store lipids

A. Spherosomes 5.Store and concentrate minerals salts and nutrients

(a) A=2,B=3,C=4,D=5,E=1

(b) A=5 ,B=3,C=1,D=2,E=4

(c) A=5,B=2,C=3,D=1,E=4

(d) A=5,B=3,C=2,D=4,E=1

Q39. Which of the following would not be considered part of a cell’s cytoplasm?

(a) Nucleus

(b) Ribosome

(c) Microtubule

(d) Mitochondrion

Q40. The nucleus is separated from surrounding cytoplasm by a nuclear membrane which is:

(a) Single layered with pores

(b) Double layered with pores

(c) Single layered without pores

(d) Double layered without pores

Q41. If the cell chromatin were damaged ,the cell would:

(a) Swell and burst

(b) Go out of control

(c) Divide immediately

 (d) Run out of energy needed for its activities

Q42. Nucleolus is mainly formed by:

(a) RNA

(b) Vesicles of ER

(c) SAT chromosome

(d) Nuclear chromosome

Q43. Nucleolus is mainly formed of:

(a) RNA

(b) DNA and RNA

(c) RNA and protein

(d) DNA, RNA and protein

Q44. If nucleolus of the cell is destroyed ,which of these in the cell will not be formed?

(a) Plastids

(b) Lysosomes

(c) Ribosomes

(d) Mitochondria