Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cell Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Antibody -coated gold particles are used in _______________

A. FRAP
B. SPT
C. X-ray crystallography
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» C. X-ray crystallography
2.

FRAP is a technique to detect ___________

A. Membrane proteins
B. Transporting ions
C. Cholesterol patches
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» B. Transporting ions
3.

GPI- anchored proteins show particular affinity towards ________

A. Cholesterol
B. Hydrophobic tail
C. Lipid rafts
D. Phosphatidylserine
Answer» D. Phosphatidylserine
4.

Greater degree of unsaturation in fatty acids of cell membrane _________

A. Lowers the transition temperature
B. Raises the transition temperature
C. Has no effect on transition temperature
D. Doubles the transition temperature
Answer» B. Raises the transition temperature
5.

The channel in a membrane protein by which an ion or molecule can be transported in and out of the cell membrane is known as ___________

A. Permeation pathway
B. Permeate channel
C. Permeation channel
D. Channel pathway
Answer» B. Permeate channel
6.

Hydropathy plot helps to _______________

A. Identify hydrophobic amino acids
B. Determine arrangement of amino acids in a transmembrane protein
C. Provides an average hydrophobicity of short peptide segments
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
7.

Transmembrane domain of a transmembrane protein is present as _______________

A. Alpha-helix
B. Beta-sheet
C. Triple beta-sheet
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Beta-sheet
8.

The concept of transmembrane proteins was obtained from the results of which technique?

A. Freeze-fraction replication
B. Freeze-fracture replication
C. Fraction replication
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Fraction replication
9.

Integral proteins are also known as ____________

A. Intrinsic proteins
B. Glycosylated proteins
C. Transmembrane proteins
D. Bilayer proteins
Answer» D. Bilayer proteins
10.

Which of the following is covalently attached to a lipid molecule in cell membrane?

A. Integral protein
B. Transmembrane protein
C. Peripheral protein
D. Lipid-anchored protein
Answer» E.