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Cell Biology and Structure

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Cell biology focuses on the structure and function of cellular organelles. Key topics include cellular respiration, DNA inheritance, and energy production. These fundamental biology concepts are crucial for medical entrance and state service examinations.

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Cell Biology and Structure Questions

Multiple choice bio-chemistry cell structure and micro-organisms animal cells vs plant cells comparing plant and animal cells comparison between animal and plant cell

Which of following structure is NOT found in plant cells?

  1. Vacuole

  2. Nucleus

  3. Centriole

  4. Golgi bodies

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
While both animal and plant cells have microtubule organizing centres (MTOCs), animal cells also have centrioles associated with the microtubule-organizing centre ( MTOC): a complex called the centrosome. Animal cells each have a centrosome and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not.
So, the correct answer is 'Centriole'.
Multiple choice bio-chemistry cell structure and micro-organisms animal cells vs plant cells comparing plant and animal cells comparison between animal and plant cell

Which of the following organelles would not be found in a plant cell?

  1. Chloroplast

  2. Vacuole

  3. Centrioles

  4. Cell membrane

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

All are organelles of plant cells except centrioles. Centrioles only found in animal cells. It involves in the formation of spindle fibres during the cell division to separate chromosomes. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice zoology respiratory system do plants breathe? plant respiration respiration-plants

Anaerobic respiration takes place in

  1. Ribosome

  2. Nucleus

  3. Vacuole

  4. Cytoplasm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Anaerobic respiration takes place in the the cytoplasm of the cell, at a distance from mitochondria. After the glycolysis, pyruvate is further oxidised anaerobically producing energy which is much less than that produced aerobically.

So the answer is 'Cytoplasm'.

Multiple choice zoology respiratory system do plants breathe? plant respiration respiration-plants

Aerobic respiration occurs in

  1. Thylakoid.

  2. Golgi body.

  3. Grana.

  4. Mitochondria.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Glycolysis takes place in the anaerobic condition in the cytosol of cytoplasm in all cells, Krebs cycle takes place in the aerobic condition in the mitochondrial matrix of eukaryotic cells.

So the correct option is 'Mitochondria.'

Multiple choice zoology environmental factors environmental factors and their measurements climate factors marine life

During unfavourable conditions most of the fresh water sponges and few marine sponges from gemmules, they are

  1. Reduction bodies

  2. External buds

  3. Internal buds

  4. Masses of interstitial cells surrounded by spicules

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Gemmules are internal buds containing archaeocytes, mostly found in freshwater sponges, these are concerned with asexual reproduction.
These are formed by the sponges under unfavourable conditions.
So, the correct option is 'internal buds'

Multiple choice zoology excretion and osmoregulation micturition urine and urine formation urine formation
Electron transport chain (ETC) is a set of __________ electron carries present in a specific sequence along mitochondrial membrane.
  1. seven, inner

  2. six, inner

  3. seven, outer

  4. six, outer

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In electron transport chain, there are 7 electron acceptors, which are as follows $Co-Q\rightarrow Cyt \,b\rightarrow Cyt \,{c} _{1} \rightarrow Cyt \,c\rightarrow Cyt a\rightarrow Cyt \,{a} _{3}\rightarrow{O} _{2}$. Oxygen is the ultimate electron acceptor. These electron acceptors are present in a specific sequence along inner mitochondrial membrane.

Multiple choice evs seeds and seeds plant adaptation and modification leaves leaf modification

Golgi apparatus (a) Transports and modifies materials (b) Secretes mucin in respiratory tract (c) Secretes slime in insectivorous plants. What is correct

  1. Wrong-a, correct-b and c

  2. Wrong-b, correct-a and c

  3. Wrong-b and c, correct-a

  4. Wrong-nil, correct-all.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids. It is involved in the secretion of mucin and slime in various biological contexts.

Multiple choice botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

Read the passage and answer the following question.
Wet mounts of three living samples of Elodea cells are prepared for viewing under the light microscope. Each slide is mounted with a different solution and viewed after 5 minutes.
Sample A - Elodea + 5 drops of 10% $\displaystyle NaCl$
Sample B - Elodea + 5 drops of isotonic saline
Sample C - Elodea + 5 drops of distilled water
Which of the following structure would be visible in sample A that was not visible prior to exposure to the 10% of $\displaystyle NaCl$?

  1. Nucleus

  2. Plasma membrane

  3. Mitochondria

  4. Golgi body

  5. Chloroplasts

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the presence of NaCl in the environment causes exosmosis and removes water from the cell. Once the water leaves the elodea cell, the membrane collapses into the center of the cell with the other remaining organelles. At this point, the plasma membrane is clearly visible.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

Cancer cells are more easily damaged by radiation than normal cells because they are

  1. Undergoing rapid division

  2. Different in structure

  3. Non-dividing

  4. Starved of mutation

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Radiation therapy works by damaging the DNA of rapidly dividing cells, which prevents them from replicating. Cancer cells are characterized by their rapid and uncontrolled division.

Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

The spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body is known as 

  1. Metamorphosis

  2. Metastsis

  3. Metagenesis

  4. Metamerism

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. Metastasis depends on the cancer cells acquiring two separate abilities -- increased motility and invasiveness. Cells that metastasize are basically of the same kind as those in the original tumor. If a cancer arises in the lung and metastasizes to the liver, the cancer cells in the liver are lung cancer cells. However, the cells have acquired increased motility and the ability to invade another organ.

Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

.............. is/are the characteristics of cancer cells

  1. Uncontrolled growth

  2. Invasion of local tissue

  3. Spreading to other body parts

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Cancer cells rapidly undergo mitosis. It usually spreads through the blood or the lymph system. It is mainly caused due to the mutagens which cause a sudden heritable change in the DNA content which leads to fatal abnormalities. It can be easily damaged by the radiation. An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. In tumour cells, they are often mutated or expressed at high levels.
So, the correct answer is option D.
Multiple choice zoology health and diseases diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

Cancer cells differ from non-cancerous cells, because

  1. They have elevated levels of telomerase

  2. Theya are virtually immortal

  3. They have the ability to resist apoptosis

  4. They can maintain the telomere length as they divide

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

One of the hallmarks of human cancers is the intrinsic or acquired resistance to apoptosis. Evasion of apoptosis may contribute to carcinogenesis, tumor progression and also to treatment resistance, since most current anticancer therapies including chemotherapy, radio- and immunotherapy primarily act by activating cell death pathways including apoptosis in cancer cells.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice zoology health, disease and yoga diabetes mellitus lifestyle diseases non-infectious diseases

What are or were the HeLa Cells?

  1. Cells from patients suffering from fatal disorders

  2. Artificial cells produced by genetic engineering

  3. Cells taken from a rare animal called HeLa

  4. Cells from a black American woman who died in 1951

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

HeLa  is an immortal cell line used in scientific research. It is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line. The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, a patient who died of cancer on October 4, 1951. The cell line was found to be remarkably durable and prolific which warrants its extensive use in scientific research. The cells from Lacks's cancerous cervical tumor were taken without her knowledge or consent. Cell biologist George Otto Gey found that they could be kept alive, and isolated one specific cell, multiplied it, and developed a cell line. (Before this, cells cultured from other human cells would only survive for a few days; scientists spent more time trying to keep the cells alive than performing actual research on them. Cells from Lacks's tumor behaved differently.) As was custom for Gey's lab assistant, she labeled the culture 'HeLa', the first two letters of the patient's first and last name; this became the name of the cell line. These were the first human cells grown in a lab that were naturally "immortal", meaning that they do not die after a set number of cell divisions (i.e. cellular senescence). These cells could be used for conducting a multitude of medical experiments—if the cells died, they could simply be discarded and the experiment attempted again on fresh cells from the culture. This represented an enormous boon to medical and biological research, as previously stocks of living cells were limited and took significant effort to culture.

So the correct option is 'cells from a black American woman who died in 1951'.

Multiple choice biology the life cycle of animals types of reproduction in animals oviparous and viviparous a study on animals

Yolk cytoplasm contains

  1. Ooplasm

  2. Protoplasm

  3. Deutoplasm

  4. Trophoplasm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Deutoplasm is the nutritive material present in the egg for development and nourishment of embryo. It is a non-living portion of the egg.
  • Deutoplam is present in the yolk of eggs. Sometimes yolk and deutoplasm are used synonymously.
So, the correct option is 'Deutoplasm'.