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151. |
The theory which states that all animals and plants are composed of cells and cell products is known as |
A. | ell Theory |
B. | tomic Theory |
C. | ohr's Theory |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» B. tomic Theory | |
152. |
Which of the following organelles of a cell is involved in photosynthesis? |
A. | hloroplast |
B. | itochondria |
C. | olgi bodies |
D. | ndoplasmic reticulum |
Answer» B. itochondria | |
153. |
The main function of the Golgi body is |
A. | espiration |
B. | o begin cell division |
C. | o produce gastric juice |
D. | ecretion |
Answer» E. | |
154. |
Who is known as father of Biology |
A. | ristotle |
B. | arwin |
C. | amark |
D. | inneus |
Answer» B. arwin | |
155. |
Who is known as father of Biology? |
A. | ristotle |
B. | rawin |
C. | amark |
D. | urkenja |
Answer» B. rawin | |
156. |
Which are called the factory of protein synthesis? |
A. | ibosomes |
B. | ysosmes |
C. | olgi Bodies |
D. | itochondria |
Answer» B. ysosmes | |
157. |
The study of structure and functions of cells is termed as |
A. | enetics |
B. | cology |
C. | mbrylogy |
D. | ell Biology |
Answer» E. | |
158. |
The great contribution of Schwan was |
A. | hat he saw |
B. | ow interpreted what he saw |
C. | ell theory |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» D. one of the above | |
159. |
Chromosomes are present |
A. | nside the nucleus |
B. | nside the cytoplasm |
C. | nside the ribosomes |
D. | nside the endoplasmic reticulum |
Answer» B. nside the cytoplasm | |
160. |
Which is called the factory of ribosomes? |
A. | ucleus |
B. | ucleous |
C. | acuole |
D. | ndoplasmic Reticulum |
Answer» C. acuole | |
161. |
Through cell membrane, which substances can pass more easily than others? |
A. | eptides soluble |
B. | ucleic acids soluble |
C. | ellulose soluble |
D. | ipid soluble |
Answer» E. | |
162. |
These are rods or filament like very small bodies present in the cytoplasm of all cells of plants and animals. |
A. | olgi Bodies |
B. | ibosomes |
C. | ysosomes |
D. | itochondria |
Answer» E. | |
163. |
A cell consists of three main components which is ________ |
A. | ytoplasm, Nucleus, cell membrane |
B. | rotoplasm, Nucleoplasm, Cytoplasm |
C. | ucleus, Ribosomes, Plasma membrane |
D. | lasma membrane, Nucleus, Golgi bodies |
Answer» B. rotoplasm, Nucleoplasm, Cytoplasm | |
164. |
In most plants and animals, the fluid filled sacs or cisternae of Golgi Bodies may vary from |
A. | to 2 |
B. | to 3 |
C. | to 7 |
D. | to 10 |
Answer» D. to 10 | |
165. |
The cell was discovered by |
A. | ooke |
B. | chleiden |
C. | ken |
D. | arwin |
Answer» B. chleiden | |
166. |
Which one is the first organelle to be discovered? |
A. | hloroplast |
B. | ucleus |
C. | acuole |
D. | ysosome |
Answer» C. acuole | |
167. |
Who of the following is known as the Father of Biology? |
A. | arwin |
B. | amarck |
C. | ristotle |
D. | heophrastus |
Answer» D. heophrastus | |
168. |
Which one of the following processes takes place in lakes during eutrophication? |
A. | apid destruction of algal growth |
B. | xcessive availability of dissolved oxygen |
C. | oss of dissolved nutrients from water |
D. | xcessive entry of nutrient into water |
Answer» E. | |
169. |
Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration ? |
A. | ictyosomes |
B. | ndoplasmic reticula |
C. | ysosomes |
D. | itochondria |
Answer» E. | |
170. |
Which feature do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells share? |
A. | ucleus |
B. | |
C. | uclear membrane |
D. | embrane bound Organelles |
Answer» C. uclear membrane | |
171. |
Who formulated Cell theory? |
A. | chwan |
B. | .J.Schleiden |
C. | enri Dutrochet |
D. | oth Schawn and M.J.Scheilden |
Answer» E. | |
172. |
Which of the following groups is present in animal cells ? |
A. | itochondria, Cell membrane, Cell wall, Cytoplasm |
B. | hloroplasts, Cytoplasm, Vacuole, Nucleus |
C. | ucleus, Cell membrane, Mitochondria, Cytoplasm |
D. | acuole, Cell membrane, Nucleus, Mitochondria |
Answer» D. acuole, Cell membrane, Nucleus, Mitochondria | |
173. |
They are present in the underground parts of the plants and stored food. |
A. | eucoplasts |
B. | hromoplasts |
C. | hloroplasts |
D. | ysosomes |
Answer» B. hromoplasts | |
174. |
The scientific study of livings is called |
A. | oology |
B. | notomy |
C. | cology |
D. | iology |
Answer» E. | |
175. |
Ribosomes are produced in the |
A. | ucleus |
B. | acuole |
C. | ndoplasmic Reticulum |
D. | ytoplasm |
Answer» B. acuole | |
176. |
The science related with the study of living is |
A. | hysics |
B. | hemistry |
C. | iology |
D. | athematic |
Answer» D. athematic | |
177. |
They contain those enzymes which can digest the phagocytosed food particles. |
A. | ibosomes |
B. | itochondria |
C. | ysosomes |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» D. one of the above | |
178. |
The longest cells of human body is |
A. | hite blood corpuuscles |
B. | ed blood cells |
C. | euron cell |
D. | one of these |
Answer» D. one of these | |
179. |
The outermost layer in a plant cell is |
A. | ell wall |
B. | ell membrane |
C. | lasma membrane |
D. | uclear membrane |
Answer» B. ell membrane | |
180. |
In 1610, who made microscope and used it to observe very small animals? |
A. | obert Hooke |
B. | alileo |
C. | ristotle |
D. | averan |
Answer» C. ristotle | |
181. |
Which one of the following is not reserve food of fungi? |
A. | lycogen |
B. | at |
C. | tarch |
D. | oth A and B |
Answer» D. oth A and B | |
182. |
In N2 - fixation process, nitrite is converted to nitrate by |
A. | itrobacter |
B. | zotobacter |
C. | itosomonas |
D. | zospirillum |
Answer» B. zotobacter | |
183. |
Which of the fungi is commonly called as bread mould? |
A. | uccinia |
B. | hizopus |
C. | stilago |
D. | ll of these |
Answer» C. stilago | |
184. |
The study of microorganisms is termed as |
A. | volution |
B. | icrobiology |
C. | oology |
D. | alaeontology |
Answer» C. oology | |
185. |
Virus was discovered by |
A. | .M.Stanely |
B. | tanely Miller |
C. | . Iwanowski |
D. | arpenchenko |
Answer» D. arpenchenko | |
186. |
Virus range in size from |
A. | nm to 70 nm |
B. | nm to 100 nm |
C. | nm to 200 nm |
D. | nm to 300 nm |
Answer» E. | |
187. |
The virus is |
A. | rotein and lipid |
B. | ucleic acid and protein |
C. | ipid and carbohydrate |
D. | arbohydrate |
Answer» C. ipid and carbohydrate | |
188. |
Under the ideal environmental conditions bacterial cells divide at the rate of division per twenty |
A. | econd |
B. | inutes |
C. | ours |
D. | ays |
Answer» C. ours | |
189. |
The individual chain of cells or filament in the colony of Nostoc is known as |
A. | richome |
B. | eterocyst |
C. | ormogonia |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» B. eterocyst | |
190. |
Lederberg and Tatum demonstrated conjugation in the bacteria in |
A. | 944 |
B. | 945 |
C. | 946 |
D. | 947 |
Answer» D. 947 | |
191. |
Virus is not regarded as a cell, because |
A. | t is anactive unless it finds a host to multiply |
B. | ost of the cellular activity is absent |
C. | he genetic material does not replicate on its own |
D. | ll of the above |
Answer» E. | |
192. |
Rod shaped bacteria are known as |
A. | occi |
B. | acilli |
C. | pirilla |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» C. pirilla | |
193. |
Cork-screw shaped bacteria are known as |
A. | occi |
B. | acilli |
C. | pirilla |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» D. one of the above | |
194. |
Red snow causing alga is |
A. | hamydomonas nivalis |
B. | hlamydomonas reinhardtii |
C. | hlamydomonas debaryanum |
D. | halmydomonas media |
Answer» B. hlamydomonas reinhardtii | |
195. |
Which of the following does not have any enzymes in its cells? |
A. | lgae |
B. | irus |
C. | ichen |
D. | acteria |
Answer» C. ichen | |
196. |
Sexual reproduction in Algae that takes place through fusion of two dissimilar size gametes is called |
A. | oospores |
B. | nisogamous |
C. | sogamous |
D. | ogamous |
Answer» C. sogamous | |
197. |
They are probably the simplest and the smallest living organisms possessing cellular organisation. |
A. | iruses |
B. | ungi |
C. | osses |
D. | acteria |
Answer» E. | |
198. |
Commercial agar is obtained from |
A. | hlorella |
B. | racilaria |
C. | arphyro |
D. | olvox |
Answer» C. arphyro | |
199. |
Heterocysts, specialised for nitrogen fixation, occur in certain |
A. | ed brown algae |
B. | lue green algae |
C. | erns |
D. | osses |
Answer» C. erns | |
200. |
Which type of bacteria get their food from dead organic matter? |
A. | arasitic |
B. | utotrophic |
C. | aprophytic |
D. | one of the above |
Answer» D. one of the above | |