Types of cell - class-VIII
Covers the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including comparisons between plant and animal cells
Questions
Which of these statements is/are true?
(i) The surface area available for cellular functions in a prokaryotic cell is less than that in a eukaryotic cell.
(ii) The total genome size of a prokaryotic cell is always less than that of a eukaryotic cell.
(iii) Unlike eukaryotes, no special respiratory organelles are found in prokaryotes. Hence they respire at a much less rate than eukaryotes.
(iv) Eukaryotic cells show various membrane-bound organelles such as chloroplasts and nucleus while ribosomes are the only membrane-bound organelles found in prokaryotes.
- (i) and (ii)
- (iv) only
- (iii) only
- (i), (ii) and (iv)
Which of the following features is common to prokaryotes and many eukaryotes?
- Chromatin material present
- Cell wall present
- Nuclear membrane present
- Membrane-bound subcellular organelles present
Endoplasmic reticulum is absent in
- Animal cells
- Prokaryotes
- Plant cells
- Protista and fungi
Difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes is in
- Circular ssDNA in prokaryotes
- Histone with prokaryotic DNA
- Operon in eukaryotes
- Membrane bound organelles in eukaryotes
The main difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes is___________
- Eukaryotes have nucleus and prokaryotes have nucleoid.
- Eukaryotes have nucleoid and prokaryotes have nucleus.
- Eukaryotes have cell membrane, prokaryotes do not have cell membrane.
- All of the above.
Intracellular compartments are absent in
- Eukaryotic cell
- Meristem
- Parenchyma cell
- Prokaryotic cell
The organelle found in prokaryotic cell is
- Ribosomes
- Lysosomes
- Plastids
- Mitochondria
The main difference between plant and animal cell is
- Animal cells lack cell wall.
- Plant cell has no cell wall.
- Animal cell has a rigid cell wall.
- Plant cells lack cell membrane.
The cell organelles are found in
- Bacterial cells
- Cyanobacterial cells
- Prokaryotic cells
- Eukaryotic cells
Plant cell differ from animal cell because of
- The presence of cell wall and absence of chlorophyll in plant cell.
- The presence of cell wall and chlorophyll in plant cell.
- The absence of cell wall and presence of chloroplast in animal cell.
- The absence of cell wall and presence of chlorophyll in plant cell.
Transcription and translation occur in the cytoplasm in a/an
- Prokaryotic cell
- Eukaryotic cell
- Unicellular organism only
- None of the above
Which of these best distinguishes a prokaryotic cell from a eukaryotic cell?
- Prokaryotic cells have a cell wall, but eukaryotic cells never do
- Prokaryotic cells have flagella, but eukaryotic cells do not
- Prokaryotic cells do not have a membrane-bounded nucleus, but eukaryotic cells do have such nucleus
- Prokaryotic cells have ribosomes but eukaryotic cells do not have ribosomes
Give one key difference between eukaryotic cell and prokaryotic cell.
- <font color="#222222">Eukaryotes cells have a membrane-bound nucleus and prokaryote cell lacks a membrane-bound nucleus. </font>
- Eukaryotes cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus and prokaryote cell have a membrane-bound nucleus.
- Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes cell have membrane bound nucleus.
- Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes cell do not have membrane bound nucleus.
Prokaryotes can be distinguished from eukaryotes as they lack
- RNA
- Ribosomes
- Gene discontinuity
- Unique DNA sequences
Which of the following statement is incorrect about cell organelles ?
- Endoplasmic reticulum provides membranes to nuclear envelope after telophase
- Golgi apparatus present in both Prokaryotes as well as Eukaryotes
- Lysosomes acts as an intracellular scavenger by removing old or useless organelles in long-lived cells.
- Mitochondria have their own DNA which can replicate independently
Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- Prokaryotic- have no membrane bound organelles, eukaryotic- have no membrane bound organelles
- Prokaryotic- have no membrane bound organelles, eukaryotic- have membrane bound organelles
- Prokaryotic- have nucleoid, eukaryotic- have nucleus
- Both B and C
Eukaryotic chromosome different from prokaryotic as these are made up of
- RNA
- DNA
- DNA and lipid
- DNA and histone
Prokaryotic cells bear smaller nucleus as compared to eukaryotic cells.
- True
- False
How is a prokaryotic cell different from a eukaryotic cell ?
- Prokaryotic cells- nucleoid, Eukaryotic cells- nucleus
- Prokaryotic cells- 70S type of ribosomes, Eukaryotic cells- 80S type of ribosomes
- Both A and B
- None of these
Bacteria differ from other plants in that, they do not have
- DNA
- RNA
- Cell wall
- A well defined nucleus
An animal cell, a plant cell and a bacterium share the following structural features.
- Cell membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, vacuoles
- Cell wall, plasma membrane, mitochondria
- Cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm
- Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes
Choose the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
- Prokaryotes have RNA, eukaryotes have DNA.
- Prokaryotes have a nucleoid, eukaryotes have a nucleus.
- Prokaryotes have DNA, eukaryotes have RNA.
- Prokaryotes have a nucleus, eukaryotes have a nucleoid.
The main difference between the prokaryotic cell and the eukaryotic cell is that in the prokaryotic cell there is no
- Mitochondria
- Cell wall
- Genetic system
- Distinct nucleus
All animals are eukaryotes and multi-cellular.
- True
- False
- Ambiguous
- Data insufficient
Most of the animals are motile.
- True
- False
- Ambiguous
- Data insufficient
The numbers of vacuoles are __________ in animals are compared to plants.
- More
- Less
- Same
- Can't define
Bacteria differ from eukaryotes in absence of
- DNA
- Basic proteins
- Histones
- Both B and C
Cell wall is absent in
- Mycoplasma
- Gametes
- Animal cells
- All the above
Which is correct option amongst the following statements?
(a) Nuclear membrane, chloroplast, mitochondria, microtubules and pili are absent in prokaryotic cells.
(b) Nuclear membrane, chloroplast, mitochondria, microtubules and pili are present in eukaryotic cells
(c) Ribosomes are 70S in prokaryotic cells and mitochondria. They are 80 S in animal cells.
- a and b are wrong, c is correct
- a is correct, b and c are wrong
- a and b are correct, c is wrong
- a and c are correct, b is wrong
- a, b and c are wrong
Plant cell differs from animal cell by
- Presence of vacuoles
- Presence of cell wall and chloroplast
- Absence at cell wall
- Absence of chloroplast.
Assertion: Initiation step of protein synthesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes has several differences.
Reason: They both form mRNA - tRNA complex with smaller subunit of ribosome.
- If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
- If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
- If the assertion is true but the reason is false
- If both the assertion and reason are false
- If the assertion is false but reason is true
In eukaryotic cell,
- A spindle apparatus is produced during nuclear division.
- A spindle apparatus is not formed during division.
- Gametes are not formed
- Ribosomes are of 70S type
Which of the following statements is not true for Nostoc?
- It is prokaryotic
- It is autotrophic
- It is filamentous
- It is macroscopic
Which of the given structures of prokaryotes, resemble in composition to that of eukaryotes?
- Cell wall
- Cell membrane
- Ribosomes
- Both (2) and (3)
The division of the plant kingdom into prokaryota and eukaryota is based on the characters of
- Nucleus only
- Chromosomes only
- Cell organelles only
- All of the above
Statement I : All prokaryotes have a cell wall, eukaryotes do not.
Statement II : Prokaryotes have a true nucleus, eukaryotes have a primitive nucleus.
- Both statement I and statement II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
- Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
- Statement I is true but statement II is false.
- Both statement I and statement II are false.
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella differ in
- Type of movement and position
- Microtubular organisation and function
- Location and mode of functioning
- Microtubular organisation and type of movement.