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Cell: Structure and Function

Practice questions covering cell organelles, structure, membranes, chromatin, and key discoveries in cell biology for AIPMT preparation.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term cytology was coined by

  1. Robert Hooke
  2. Leeuwenhoek
  3. Schleiden and Schwann
  4. O. Hertwig
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

First living cell was discovered by

  1. Robert Hooke
  2. Robert Brown
  3. Rudolf Virchow
  4. Leeuwenhoek
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Most active site for RNA synthesis in eukaryotes is

  1. ribosomes
  2. cytoplasm
  3. nucleolus
  4. None of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following lacks nucleus?

  1. Mature RBC of mammal
  2. Seive tube of phloem
  3. Both (a) and (b)
  4. Immature RBC of mammal
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cell wall of bacteria is composed of

  1. peptidoglycans
  2. cellulose
  3. chitin
  4. polysaccharides
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nucleolus was discovered by

  1. Robert Brown
  2. Fontana
  3. Purkinje
  4. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is related with plant cell?

  1. Glyoxysomes is absent in plant
  2. Cytoplasm always divides by furrowing method in plants.
  3. Sodium chloride is toxic to plant cell.
  4. All plant cell contains centrosome.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cell wall material is secreted by

  1. lysosomes
  2. golgi bodies
  3. mitochondria
  4. none of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Intussusception occurs in

  1. mature cell
  2. young cell
  3. both mature and young cell
  4. None of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Composition and structure of the cell membrane is

  1. Lipoproteinaceous & Bilaminar
  2. lipoproteinaceous and trilaminar
  3. lipoproteinaceous and tetralaminar
  4. phosphoproteinaceous and trilaminar
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term plastid was coined by

  1. Schimper
  2. Jacobson et al
  3. Haeckel
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Quantasomes was reported by

  1. Park and Biggins
  2. Park and Pon
  3. Ris and Plaut
  4. Wilson
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mitochondria in animal cell was dicovered by

  1. E. Meves
  2. Kolliker
  3. Benda
  4. Hogeboon et al
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which organelle is called “Traffic Police of the Cell?

  1. Lysosome
  2. Golgi complex
  3. Mitochondria
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which organelle is also known as palade particle?

  1. Lysosome
  2. Mitochondria
  3. Ribosome
  4. Oxysome
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mitochondrial DNA was reported by

  1. Nass and Nass
  2. Ris and Plaut
  3. Kisleve et al
  4. None of the above
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ribosome is attached with endoplasmic reticulum by

  1. Smaller subunit
  2. larger subunit
  3. either (a) or (b)
  4. Both (b) and (c)
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which protein of nucleosome is least conserved?

  1. H1
  2. H2A
  3. H2B
  4. H3
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the function of centrosome?

  1. Centrosome develops spindle apparatus during cell division in animal cell
  2. Centrosome forms basal granule
  3. It forms blepharoplast
  4. All of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ergosome is polymer of .........

  1. lysosome
  2. golgi complex
  3. mitochondria
  4. Ribosome
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Shapes of chromosome can be best studied at

  1. prophase
  2. metaphase
  3. anaphase
  4. telophase
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is associated with

  1. lipid synthesis
  2. protein synthesis
  3. carbohydrate synthesis
  4. None of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nucleosome model was proposed by

  1. Audit et al
  2. Kornberg and Thomus
  3. Altmann
  4. Miescher
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Microtubule was discovered by

  1. Palviz
  2. Roberteis and Franchie
  3. Van Bendon
  4. Boveri
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