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Questions Related to cell theory, cell specialization, and cell replacement

Which one is enucleated?

  1. Squamous epithelial cells

  2. Mature leucocyte of man

  3. Mature erythrocyte of frog

  4. Mature erythrocyte of man

  5. Osteocyte in man


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Enucleation is the phenomenon in which the nucleus is removed. Enucleation occurs roughly when the cell has reached maturity.
  • Red blood cells or Erythrocytes are initially produced in the bone marrow with a nucleus. They then undergo a process known as enucleation.
  • Enucleation allows the red blood cell to contain more hemoglobin and therefore, carry more oxygen molecules. It also allows the cell to have its distinctive bi-concave shape which aids diffusion. This shape would not be possible if the cell had a nucleus in the way. Hence mature erythrocyte of man is enucleated.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Mature erythrocyte of man'.

Forthe formation of diploid cells from haploid cells, colchicine is used to

  1. Stop the spindle fibres formation

  2. Replicate DNA twicely in one cell cycle

  3. Stop the formation of centromere

  4. Stop the mitotic division


Correct Option: A

Growth at cellular level, is principally a consequence of increase in the amount of

  1. Protoplasm

  2. DNA

  3. Cell wall

  4. Cell organelles


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Protoplasm comprises of cytoplasm, nucleus and other cell organelles. Growth at cellular level includes increase in size of nucleus and other cell organelles. The growth at cellular level is a result of increase in amount of protoplasm.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Protoplasm.'

Which of the following factors affect a cell's surface area to volume ratio?
(I) Cell size
(II) Presence of selectively permeable membrane
(III) Presence of a convoluted membrane
(IV) Presence of many membrane transport protein

  1. (I) only

  2. (I), (II), (III) only

  3. (I) and (III) only

  4. (III) and (IV) only


Correct Option: A

Refer to the following table for your possible answer.

Cell types analysed Average mass of DNA/cell (x $10^{-11}$g)
X $0.00$
Y $3.35$
Kidney $6.70$
Lung $6.70$

What is the correct identify of cell type X and Y?

  1. X-sperm cell, Y-liver cell

  2. X-liver cell, Y-smooth muscle cell

  3. X-smooth muscle cell, Y-mature red blood cell

  4. X-mature red blood cell, Y-sperm cell


Correct Option: A

The maximum work that a standard Daniell cell can do before it stops working is
$[1 \,F = 96487\, C\, mol^{-1}\, and\, E^o = 1.1 V]$

  1. $212.271\, kJ \,mol^{-1}$

  2. $21.227\, kJ \,mol^{-1}$

  3. $721.221 \,kJ \,mol^{-1}$

  4. $71.222 \,kJ \,mol^{-1}$


Correct Option: A

The surface area to volume ratio increase as the cell size 

  1. Unaltered

  2. Slightly increase

  3. Decrease

  4. Increase in many layers


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The total area on the surface of an object is called as 'Surface area' and here the object is 'cell'. While the volume is the amount of the space present inside the cell.

The volume is expressed in cubic units while surface area is expressed in square units
The surface area and volume gets affected, when size of the cell is altered i.e., either increased or decreased.
Let's see how the surface area and volume ratio gets affected...

  • When the cell size increases, the volume increases more than surface area because the volume increases in cubes while surface area increases in squares. Hence, both volume and surface area increases at different rates. And here the surface area to volume ratio decreases as the volume is more than surface area.
  • When the cell size decreases, the volume decreases at unequal rates with respect to surface area. This leads to an increase of the surface area to volume ratio.
Therefore, the surface area to volume ratio increases with the decrease in cell size.

Smaller cells have

  1. Small surface area per volume ratio.

  2. Large surface area per volume ratio.

  3. Slow exchange rate of nutrients.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Surface area to the volume ratio gets smaller as the cell gets larger. Thus, if the cell grows beyond a certain limit, not enough material will be able to cross the membrane fast enough to accommodate the increased cellular volume. Small cells, therefore, have a large surface area to volume ratio. The large surface area to volume ratio of small cells makes the transport of substances into and out of cells extremely efficient.

Large cells have a

  1. High metabolic rate.

  2. High respiration rate.

  3. Low surface: volume ratio.

  4. High surface: volume ratio.


Correct Option: C

When a cell of $2\mu$$m$ diameter grows to double its diameter, its surface area: volume relationship will _____________.

  1. Remain the same.

  2. Become double.

  3. Reduce to half.

  4. Become undetermined.


Correct Option: C