JAYOTI VIDYAPEETH WOMENS UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS COURSE: M.Sc. Biotechnology SUBJECT NAME: Cell Biology FACULTY NAME: Dr. Anirudha Rishi TRIMESTER/SEMESTER/YEAR: I Trimester ASSIGNMENT 1

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One micron is equal to: (A) 1/10 of a mm (B) 1/100 of a mm A vital dye for staining mitochondria is: (A) Methylene blue (B) Janus green

(C) 1/1000 of a mm (C) Neutral red

(D) 1/10,000 of a mm (D) Acetocarmine

In which of the following units the sedimentation coefficient of a subcellular particle is expressed? (A) g ML1 (B) Newton (C) Svedberg (D) Dalton Electron microscope is used for: (A) Viewing structure of the cell (C) Cell division study (E) Structural detail of large biomolecules (B) Whole mount study (D) Structure of pollen grain

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Sub-cellular components are separated by: (A) Electrophoresis (B) Cell fractionation (C) Chromatography (D) Autoradiography The lysosome enzymes are basically (A) Acid hydrolase type (C) Carboxylase type Sphaerosomes are associated with (A) Protein metabolism (C) Nitrogen metabolism (B) Dehydrogenase type (D) Oxidase type (B) Lipid metabolism (D) Glycolate metabolism

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Out of the total enzymes present in cell, mitochondria alone have (A) 95% (B) 70% (C) 40% (D) no enzymes Xanthophyll is (A) Carrot coloured (C) Red coloured Nectar consists of (A) Glucose, fructose, galactose (C) Sucrose, glucose and fructose (B) Yellow coloured (D) colourless (B) Glucose and fructose (D) None of the above

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Basal bodies are associated with the developement of: (A) Cell plate (B) Cilia and flagella (C) Kinetochore (D) Phragmoplast Which of the following is responsible for cytoplasmic male sterility in maize? (A) Nucleus (B) Mitochondria (C) Chloroplast (D) Golgi bodies In each granum there are (A) 250 thylakoids (C) 220 thylakoids (B) 230 thylakoids (D) 2100 thylakoids

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Succinic dehydrogenase, aconitase and other enzymes of Krebs cycle are present in: (A) Inner membrane of mitochondria (B) Matrix (C) Perimitochondrial space (D) Outer membrane of mitochondria Pyrenoids are present in the chloroplasts of (A) An alga (B) Bryophyte (C) Ferns (D) None of these If a ribosome is ribonucleoprotein particle, why should it not be RNA virus? (A) Because it is nonreplicative (B) Becuase its protein is heterogeneous (C) Becuase its RNA is diffused (D) All of the above The fragments of endoplasmic reticulum formed after homogenisation are: (A) Peroxisomes (B) Glyoxysomes (C) Microbodies (D) Microsomes How many different types of proteins are present in a ribosome of E.coli? (A) 24 (B) 34 (C) 55 (D) 74 Diameter of nucleopore is (A) 100200 (C) 7001000 (B) 400800 (D) 505000

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Chromosomes bearing satellites are called SATchromosomes. The prefix SAT stands for (A) Same All Thymonuclenico (B) Sine Acid Thymonucleinico (C) Sine acid Thy (D) SATellite acid Glyoxylate cycle plays an important role in the conversion of (A) Glycerol into carbohydrates (B) Simple carbohydrates into complex carbohydrates (C) Fatty acid into carbohydrates (D) Proteins into carbohydrates Chiasma represents the sites of: (A) Synapsis (B) Crossing over (C) Termination (D) Union Bacterial cell wall is made up of: (A) Xylan (B) Chitin (C) Cellulose (D) Murein Mitochondria are called power house of the cell, because these (A) Contain enzymes (B) Release ATP (C) Contain ribosomes (D) Contain RNA and DNA The term chromosome was introduced by (A) Strassburger (B) Benda (C) Hoffmeister (D) Waldeyer The correct seuqence of cell membrane as per model of Singer and Nicolson is (A) LPPL (B) PL:LP (C) PPLP (D) LPLP A plant cell vacuole contains (A) water (C) air Balbiani puffs are present in (A) Lampbrush chromosome (C) Both (A) and (B) (B) cytoplasm (D) water and dissolved substances (B) Polytene chromosome (D) None of the above

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Father of Modern Cytology is : (A) Schleiden and Schwann (C) O. Hertwig

(B) Robert Hooke (D) C.P. Swanson

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Which of the following types of chloroplast are found in the cells of a higher plant? (A) Girdle shaped (B) Star shaped (C) Discoidal (D) Reticulate Polygonal starch grains are found in : (A) Wheat (B)Rice Golgi apparatus is absent in: (A) Liver cells (C) Blue-green algae Phragmoplast is the precursor of: (A) Cell plate (C) Chloroplast (C) Pea (D) Maize

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(B) R.B.C. (red blood cells) (D) Higher plants (B) Chromoplast (D) Colourless plastid

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Most plant cells are surrounded by cell wall. There are some exceptions, e.g. (A) Root hairs (B) Bacteria (C) Stem hairs (D) Gametes The chromosomes found during prolonged stage of mitotic prophase in the salivary glands of Drosophila are: (A) B chromosomes (B) Lampbrush chromosomes (C) Normal chromosomes (D) Polytene chromosomes The Golgi complex originates from: (A) Cell membrane (C) Mitochondria (B) Cytoplasm (D) Endoplasmic reticulum

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Lysosomes do not help in (A) Ingestion of food (B) Digestion of aged organelles (C) Osmoregulation (D) Destruction of cell during metamorphosis and development Puffs (Balbiani rings) are associated with the synthesis of : (A) Starch (B) Fats and lipids (C) Polysaccharides (D) m RNA and proteins The cell recognition and adhesion in a cell is due to components of plasma membrane. These components are : (A) Protein molecules alone (B) Lipid molecules alone (C) Both protein and lipid molecules (D) Glycoprotein and glycolipid Middle lamella is a part of Cell wall (C) Middle lamella (B) Nucleoplasm (D) Plasmalemma (A)

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The main differences between active and passive transport across cell membranes is that (A) Active transport occurs more rapidly than passive transport (B) Passive transport is nonselective (C) Passive transport requires a concentration gradient across the cell membrane whereas active transport required metabolic energy (D) Passive transport is confined to anions and active transport is for cations only

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Cellulose and hemicellulose which are constituents of cell wall are synthesized by (A) Lysosomes (B) Microbodies (C) Smooth ER (D) Golgi apparatus Rough endoplasmic reticulum differs from smooth-walled endoplasmic reticulum by one of the following statements: (A) Due to the presence of certain ergastic substance (B) Due to the presence of ribosomes (C) Due to the presence of nucleus (D) Due to the presence of DNA Cell was discovered by: (A) Grew (C) Robert Hooke

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(B) Brown (D) Darwin

45. Endoplasmic reticulum is attached (continues) with: (A) Ribosome (B) Golgibody (C) Mitochondria (D) Nuclear membrane 46. Centromere is a part of: (A) Endoplasmic reticulum (C) Chromosome (B) Mitochondria (D) Ribosomes

47. The Singer and Nicolson model of plasma membrane differs from Robertson model in the (A) Number of lipid layers (B) Arrangement of lipid layers (C) Arrangement of proteins (D) Absence of proteins in the Singer model 48. Golgi complex is derived from: (A) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) (C) Cytoplasm Which histone is absent in nucleosome? (A) H1 (C) H3 (B) Nuclear membrane (D) Cell membrane (B) H2 (D) H4 (B) Cell division (D) Membrane architecture

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When SATchromosomes contain second satellite, then they are called (A) Double SAT (B) Trabant SAT (C) Tandem SAT (D) None of these A single mitochondrian is found in: (A) Micrococcus (C) Nostoc (B) Rhizopus (D) Microsterias

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Karyotype of an organism is represented by a diagram called: (A) Histogram (B) Histogram (C) Idiogram (D) Telegram

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Smallest cells so far observed are of (A) Bacteria (C) PPLO

(B) Viruses (D) Yeast

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The term Chlorophyll was given by: (A) Schimper (B) Caventou (C) Stall (D) None of these ATP driven Hpump is present in which organelle? (A) Mitochondria (B) Lysosome (C) Chloroplast (D) Peroxisome Fan-like crystals of inulin are present in roots of: (A) Sugar beet (B) Artichoke (C) Dahlia (D) none of these Tartaric acid is present in: (A) Tamarindus (C) Oxalis (B) Citrus (D) None of these

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One picogram of DNA is the weight of (A) 20 cm DNA (B) 21 cm DNA (C) 31 cm DNA (D) 41 cm DNA The intrinsic proteins in a membrane can be easily removed because they have: (A) weak hydrophobic bonds and lipids (B) weak hydrophilic bonds with lipids (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Affinity for all solvents Hyaloplasm is (A) Protoplast is a hyaloplasm (B) Protoplast + organelles = hyaloplasm (C) Protoplast organelles = hyaloplasm (D) None of the above Sialic acid is present in: (A) Chromatids (C) Cell wall Cytogenes are present in: (A) Ribosome (C) Mitochondria Peroxisomes do not have: (A) Urate oxidase and catalase (C) hydroxyacid oxidase (B) Golgi bodies (D) Cell membrane (B) Nucleus (D) Protoplasm (B) Glycolate oxidase (D) d-amino acid oxidase

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Desmosomes or tonofibrils are: (A) Subcellular particles (B) Another name of dictyosomes (C) Developed from plasmalemma at the point of cell contact (D) None of the above Single microtubules have a diameter of (A) 100 (B) 150 (C) 200 (D) 240 Stroma contains: (A) Ribosomes (B) Osmiophilic drops (C) Ribosomes and osmiophilic drops both (D) None of the above The acrosome is formed by (A) Nucleus (B) ER

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(D) Mitochondria

(Rohtak PMT 2005) (B) Grana (D) Golgibody

A nucleosome is a portion of the chromonema containing: (CET Karnataka 2005) (A) Only histones (B) Both DNA and histones (C) Only DNA (D) Both DNA and RNA Sudan Black B is used to stain: (A) Protein (C) Sugar (B) Lipid (D) Nucleic acid

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DNA is associated with basic proteins called as: (A) Histones (B) Non-histones (C) Albumins (D) Glutamins In many bacteria, cell membrane is invaginated and folded to form: (A) Pili (B) Cristae (C) Flagella (D) Mesosome In nucleoplasm, a spherical body attatched to a particular chromosome on a definite position is called: (A) Nucleolus (B) Karyolymph (C) Plasmid (D) Reticulum Hammerling performed experiments to prove that nucleus is physical basis of heredity by working on: (A) Neurospora (B) Drosophila (C) Acetabularia (D) Amoeba Cystolith is a deposit of: (A) calcium oxalate (C) silica (B) starch (D) calcium carbonate

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Polytene chromosomes are found in (A) Oocyte nuclei of Drosophilla (B) Salivary gland cells of Drosophila (C) Spermatocyte nuclei of Drosophila (D) None of the above The important part of glycoprotein is (A) Protein (B) Carbohydrates (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these If you see mitochondria in an electron microscope, the distinguishing feature which you will observe is (A) Double membrane (B) Cisternae (C) Cristae (D) Ribosome Ribosomes attached to m RNA form: (A) Ribosomal complex (C) Polyribosomes (B) Protein ribosome complex (D) None of the above

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The function of nucleolus is the synthesis of: (A) t RNA (B) m RNA (C) r RNA (D) DNA

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Desmosomes are concerned with: (A) Cell division (C) Cytolysis

(B) Cellular excretion (D) Cell adherence

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Most of the hydrolytic enzymes of lysosomes function at (A) Base pH (B) Acidic pH (pH 5) (C) Neutral (D) Any pH Plasmid is : (A) Outgrowth of plasma membrane (C) Extranuclear DNA What is a nucleolar organiser? (A) Primary constriction (C) Nucleolus (B) Part of ribosome (D) A plastid (B) Secondary constriction (D) Nuclear matrix

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Euchromatin is: (A) Less active darkly staining region of the chromatin (B) Less active lightly staining region of the chromatin (C) More active darkly staining region of the chromosome (D) More active weakly staining region of the chromatin Mitochondria are believed to be bacterial endosymbionts of cells because: (A) They have their own nucleic acid (B) Their membrane resembles those of bacterium (C) These do not arise de novo (D) They have all of the above attributes Core of the nucleosome is made up of (A) DNA (B) Non-histones (C) H2A, H2B, H3, H4 Histones (D) Histones, H2A, H2B, H3A, H3B and H4 The membrane bound enzyme involved in Krebs cycle in mitochondria is (A) Fumerase (B) Malate dehydrogenase (C) Cisaconitase (D) Succinic dehydrogenase The filaments associated with cilia and flagella are constituted by (A) Microtubules (B) Microfilaments (C) Microfibris (D) Microvilli The amyloplasts look like: (A) Proplastids (C) Aleuroplast Photorespiration takes place in: (A) Peroxisomes (C) Lysosomes (B) Elaioplast (D) Chloroplast (B) Mesosomes (D) Lomasomes

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Quinine is an alkaloid obtained from: (A) Bark of Cinchona tree (B) Leaves of Cinchona tree (C) Root of Cinchona tree (D) Tuber of Cinchona tree Cytoskeleton consists of: (A) Cytoplasm (B) ER (C) Microtubules and microfilaments (D) Cytoplasm with a network of microtubules and microfilaments Centrioles and centrosomes are present in the cell of: (A) A non-porous double membrane (B) A non-porous single membrane

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