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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 botany plants in daily life types of wood importance of plants secondary growth in stem

Which one of the following has dead cells?

  1. Collenchyma

  2. Chlorenchyma

  3. Periderm

  4. Endodermis

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

A.Collenchyma – cells are living present in the younger parts of the plant body.

B.Chlorenchyma – cells are living, possess more number of chloroplast.

C.Periderm – a multilayered tissues composed with both living and non living or dead cells

D.Endodermis – cells are living, vertically elongated, appear barrel shape.

So, the correct option is 'Periderm'.

Multiple choice biology multicellular structure: tissue defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

Bulliform cells are

  1. Water filled and highly vacuolated epidermal cell

  2. Prokaryotic cell

  3. Eukaryotic cell

  4. Ball like parenchymatous cells

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

Bulliform cells  are so called because of its peculiar bubble shape. It mainly occurs on the upper surface of the leaves present in grasses. Water present in these cells helps to maintain its shape but loss of turgor pressure during the stress allows the leaves to roll up. During drought, the loss of moisture through vacuoles induces bulliform cells to cause the leaves of many grass species to close as the two edges of the grass blade fold up toward each other. Once adequate water is available, these cells enlarge and the leaves open again. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology multicellular structure: tissue defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

Passage cells occur in

  1. Epidermis

  2. Cortex

  3. Endodermis

  4. Pericycle

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

Passage cells are endodermal in origin. These are found in cells of older roots which have retained thin walls and casparian strips to allow some symplastic flow to the inside. These do not get suberized or thickened.
Experimental evidence suggests that passage cells function to allow transfer of solutes such as calcium and magnesium into the stele, in order to eventually reach the transpiration system. For the most part, however, old roots seal themselves off at the endodermis and only serve as a passageway for water and minerals taken up by younger roots downstream. So, passage cells occur in endodermis and not in pericycle, cortex or epidermis.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice biology soldiers of defense defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

Epidermal cells are

  1. Guard cells

  2. Root hairs

  3. Trichomes

  4. All of the above

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

Epidermal cells make the outermost covering of primary plant body. They are compactly arranged, barrel-shaped parenchyma cells with no or little intercellular spaces. 

Each stomatal pore is surrounded by two guard cells that assist in stomatal opening driven by turgidity of guard cells. The guard cells are the only epidermal cells with unevenly thickened walls and chloroplasts.  
A root hair cell is a tubular unicellular extension of epiblema, the epidermis of root. It has a nucleus and large vacuole with lots of mitochondria in the cytoplasm and serves to absorb water and mineral salts by osmosis and active transport respectively. 
Trichomes are the hairy outgrowth of epidermis that may be unicellular or multicellular, live or dead and are mostly present on leaf surfaces.

Multiple choice biology soldiers of defense defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

The cells are chlorophyllous, fewer in number, unique in shape and inner walls thick. The description fits into

  1. Guard cells

  2. Subsidiary cells

  3. Passage cells

  4. Bulliform cells

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

Each stomatal pore is surrounded by two guard cells that assist in stomatal opening driven by turgidity of guard cells. The only epidermal cells with unevenly thickened walls and chloroplasts are the guard cells, they are kidney shaped in dicots and dumbell shaped in monocots.

Multiple choice biology multicellular structure: tissue defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

The cell of epidermal tissues does not have intercellular space because 

  1. They are square shaped.

  2. They have a protective fluid.

  3. They have a dense cytoplasm.

  4. Their side walls stick together due to the wax secretion.

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

The epidermis is the outermost cellular layer which covers the whole plant structure, i.e., it covers roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruit. It is composed of a single layer of living cells, although there are exceptions. Epidermis is usually closely packed, without intercellular spaces or chloroplasts. The outer walls, which are exposed to the atmosphere and usually thickened and may be covered by a waxy, waterproof cuticle which are made up of cutin. So, their side walls stick together due to the wax secretion. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice biology multicellular structure: tissue defense mechanism in plants epidermal tissue system kinds of plant tissue permanent tissues and their types

Which of the following contiguous cells lack middle lamella?

  1. All epidermal cells

  2. Guard and subsidiary cells

  3. Subsidiary cells

  4. Guard cells

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

Epidermal cells are typically tightly packed and lack a middle lamella between them in the same way that parenchyma or other tissues do, as they are often directly adjacent.

Multiple choice parts of respiration cellular respiration the respiratory system breathing for energy biology types of respiration

Site of glycolysis/EMP is

  1. Chloroplast

  2. Chromosome

  3. Cytoplasm

  4. Nucleus

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

Cellular respiration is stepwise catabolic process that breaks down organic substrates to release energy. The first step in respiration is glycolysis that occurs in the cytoplasm of the living cell. Krebs' cycle and ETS occurs in mitochondria of the cell. So, the answer is 'Cytoplasm'.

Multiple choice parts of respiration cellular respiration the respiratory system breathing for energy biology types of respiration

In an eukaryotic cell, glycolysis takes place

  1. In the cytoplasm

  2. Within mitochondrion

  3. On rough ER

  4. Within grana

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

Glycolysis is the splitting of glucose into two pyruvate molecules. It occurs firstly in the cytoplasm and gains a small amount of energy while the other steps occur in the mitochondria where coenzymes and cytochromes are present, it is also the powerhouse of a cell where energy is generated.

So, the correct option is ' in the cytoplasm'.

Multiple choice parts of respiration cellular respiration the respiratory system breathing for energy biology types of respiration

State whether the following statements are true or false.
In a eukaryotic cell glycolysis takes place within the mitochondria, whereas in a prokaryotic cell in the cytoplasm.

  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The process of glycolysis takes place in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic animals as a part of the respiration process to provide the cell with energy.
  • The process of glycolysis always takes places in the cytoplasm of any cell where it occurs for 2 reasons. 
  • First the enzymes that are required for the process are present in the cytoplasm and secondly any of the membrane bound organelles such as mitochondria are nit present in prokaryotic organisms so if the glycolysis was taking place in mitochondria then the prokaryotes won't be able to preform it.
  • Only the reactions of the aerobic respiration such as Kerb's cycle and oxidative phosphorylation takes place in mitochondria to produce ATP.
  • Therefore the sentence above is FALSE and the option 'False' is correct.
Multiple choice biology breathing for energy parts of respiration cellular respiration types of respiration
Anaerobic respiration takes place in
  1. mitochondrion

  2. nucleus

  3. cytoplasm

  4. vacuole

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Anaerobic respiration (both glycolysis and fermentation) takes place in the fluid portion of the cytoplasm whereas the bulk of the energy yield of aerobic respiration takes place in the mitochondria. So, the correct answer is "Cytoplasm."
Multiple choice biology endocrine glands different type of gland glands in humans coordination in human beings- chemical control

Intercellular communication in multicellular organisms occur through 

  1. Digestive system only

  2. Nervous system only

  3. Both nervous and endocrine system

  4. Respiratory system only

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

In our body, we have 2 types of control and coordinating systems. One is through neurons, known as the nervous system and another is through hormones known as the endocrine system.

Both these systems are responsible for maintaining the overall regulatory system of the body.
So, option C " Both nervous and endocrine system" is the correct answer.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry biological oxidation chemiosmotic hypothesis living organisms and energy production mechanism of photosynthesis

Who am I?

  1. I am ATP producing factory

  2. I am single layered, but maintain cellular osmotic pressure

  3. I support the cell, but I am not cell wall I have a body resembling net

  4. I am chemical factory of the cell

  5. Leaves are green because of me

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

Mitochondria are the primary sites of aerobic respiration and are famously referred to as the powerhouses of the cell because they produce the majority of ATP.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry biological oxidation chemiosmotic hypothesis living organisms and energy production mechanism of photosynthesis

ATP synthetase of chloroplasts is similar to that of

  1. Mitochondria

  2. Peroxisomes

  3. Golgi bodies

  4. Microsomes.

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

Mitochondria and chloroplast both have:

  • A double membrane surrounding the organelles.
  • Purportedly prokaryotic origins according to the endosymbiotic theory which suggests that mitochondria and chloroplast were once prokaryotic bacteria engulfed by endocytosis in early eukaryotes.
  • Their own circular DNA which codes for certain enzymes required for the chemical reactions that take place in these organelles.
  • Their own 70S ribosomes made up of 50S and 30S subunits to translate proteins
  • The enzyme ATP synthase which utilizes the energy released from the movement of protons across it (proton-motive force) to phosphorylate ADP to ATP. (Thus, another similarity would be that they both produce ATP)
  • Electron transport chains, which are embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane and thylakoid membrane in mitochondria and chloroplasts respectively.
So, the correct option is 'Mitochondria'.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry biological oxidation chemiosmotic hypothesis living organisms and energy production mechanism of photosynthesis

Which of the following cell organelles in concerned with photophosphorylation?

  1. Mitochondria

  2. Plastochondria

  3. Chloroplast

  4. More than one option is concerned

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

The synthesis of ATP is called phosphorylation. If it occurs in the presence of light, it is called photophosphorylation, that occurs during photosynthesis in the chloroplast. Mitochondria perform oxidative and substrate level phosphorylation.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Chloroplast'