Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

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51.

In which of following mallus and incus bones are present?

A. jaw
B. ear
C. hand
D. feet
Answer» C. hand
52.

Humans belong in which of following epoch?

A. Holocene
B. Pleistocene
C. Pliocene
D. Oligocene
Answer» B. Pleistocene
53.

Event during which a large number of species go extinct is called

A. wipe out
B. mass death
C. mass extinction
D. eons
Answer» D. eons
54.

Which peptide for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the government for phase I clinical trial?

A. Ab
B. Ab43
C. Aβ42
D. Aβ43
Answer» D. Aβ43
55.

What are the types of nucleic acids are found in living organisms?

A. deoxyribonucleic acid and nucleotide acid
B. deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid
C. ribonucleic acid and nucleotide acid
D. ribonucleic acid and nucleoside acid
Answer» C. ribonucleic acid and nucleotide acid
56.

What is the major difference between a fat (triacylglycerol) and a phospholipid (diacylglycerol)?

A. Glycerol conformation
B. Hydrogen bonding
C. Fatty acid chain
D. Solubility
Answer» D. Solubility
57.

Which of the following groups of amino acids are least soluble in water?

A. Polar
B. Non-polar
C. Polar charged
D. Polar uncharged
Answer» C. Polar charged
58.

Which protein is involved in Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (CJD)?

A. Myoglobin
B. Myosin
C. Keratin
D. Prion
Answer» E.
59.

Fats contain more chemical energy than carbohydrates.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
60.

Which of following do not belong to tetrapods?

A. mammals
B. reptiles
C. arachnids
D. amphibians
Answer» D. amphibians
61.

Methylthionium chloride is a __________________

A. drug
B. neuronal cell
C. cell marker
D. placebo
Answer» B. neuronal cell
62.

Microorganisms use D-amino acids.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
63.

Which of following is earth's youngest mountain range?

A. Himalayas
B. Alps
C. Kilimanjaro
D. Mount Everest
Answer» B. Alps
64.

How many million years ago did therapsids exist?

A. 280
B. 400
C. 500
D. 100
Answer» B. 400
65.

Another supercontinent has been expected to form in how many million years from now?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 250
D. 900
Answer» D. 900
66.

Mitochondrial DNA is in which of following forms?

A. segmented
B. scattered
C. linear
D. circular
Answer» E.
67.

How many million years old fossils of eukaryotes have been found?

A. 1800
B. 1000
C. 500
D. 200
Answer» B. 1000
68.

Which monomers compose the strands of nucleic acids?

A. Amino acids
B. Ribose
C. Functional groups
D. Nucleotides
Answer» E.
69.

Which of following is most likely to be genetic material?

A. RNA
B. ssDNA
C. dsDNA
D. tRNA
Answer» B. ssDNA
70.

The mutated and normal prion proteins associated with CJD have the same amino acid sequence.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
71.

In most animals, fats are stored in special cells called _____________

A. telomeres
B. granulocytes
C. lymphoid cells
D. adipocytes
Answer» E.
72.

Which of the following molecules bind to nascent polypeptides synthesized on the ribosomes?

A. Chaperonins
B. Hsp70
C. Hsp72
D. Hsp
Answer» D. Hsp
73.

For which of following incisor teeth are used?

A. grinding
B. crushing
C. piercing
D. tearing
Answer» E.
74.

Which of following does not belong to first three eons?

A. hadean
B. Archaean
C. Proterozoic
D. Paleozoic
Answer» E.
75.

Enzymes in a cell can distinguish between L and D forms of sugar.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
76.

For which of following molar teeth are used?

A. piercing
B. tearing
C. pulling
D. crushing
Answer» E.
77.

Mitochondria and chloroplast replicate by which of following process?

A. replication
B. binary fission
C. cloning
D. splitting
Answer» E.
78.

Which of the following amino acids does not belong to polar charged group?

A. Serine
B. Aspartic acid
C. Lysine
D. Arginine
Answer» B. Aspartic acid
79.

Carbonic acid and bicarbonate ions buffer which of the following?

A. Cytosol
B. Cytoplasm
C. Blood
D. Lymph
Answer» D. Lymph
80.

Which bonds are present in two neighboring amino acids?

A. Glycosidic bonds
B. Polypeptide bonds
C. Amide bonds
D. Hydrogen bonds
Answer» C. Amide bonds
81.

In addition to amyloid-β peptide, which other protein is misfolded in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients?

A. Alpha
B. Zau
C. Theta
D. Tau
Answer» E.
82.

How many million years ago did late cynodonts exist?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 220
D. 300
Answer» D. 300
83.

Over past 1.5 billion years how many times a supercontinent has been formed?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
84.

Which of the following is released when a Hydrogen atom loses an electron?

A. Nucleus
B. Proton
C. Charge
D. Ion
Answer» C. Charge
85.

Layered rocks formed when prokaryotes bind thin films of sediments together is called

A. igneous
B. alluvium
C. Stromalite
D. pebble
Answer» D. pebble
86.

What is the concentration of pure water?

A. 55.51 M
B. 25.51 M
C. 55 M
D. 25 M
Answer» B. 25.51 M
87.

A solution having a pH of 6 has a proton concentration of _______

A. 10¯⁶ M
B. 10⁶ M
C. 6 M
D. 0.6 M
Answer» B. 10⁶ M
88.

What is the full form of pH?

A. Positive hydrogen
B. Potential Hydrogen
C. Positron
D. Proton of hydrogen
Answer» C. Positron
89.

Acids that lose a proton easily are weak acids.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be True or False
90.

Which of the following is an example of amphoteric molecule?

A. Acetic acid
B. Malic acid
C. Sugars
D. Water
Answer» E.
91.

Eukaryotic subunits are not capable of self-assembly.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
92.

Which protein of the smaller subunit of bacterial ribosome was found to have a function in ribososme assembly?

A. S12
B. S14
C. S16
D. S18
Answer» D. S18
93.

The large (50S) ribosomal subunit of bacteria contains _______ molecules of RNA.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
94.

Cell in which an endosymbiont life is called

A. host cell
B. hold cell
C. control cell
D. replicative cell
Answer» B. hold cell
95.

Which of following was longest eon?

A. Phanerozoic eon
B. hadean
C. Archaean
D. Proterozoic
Answer» E.
96.

For how many billion years first three eons lasted?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
97.

What is rate of movement of continents per year?

A. few mm per year
B. few cm per year
C. few meters per year
D. 1 km/year
Answer» C. few meters per year
98.

In each mass extinction, what is average percentage of marine animals that went extinct?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 50
Answer» E.
99.

What are RNA catalysts called?

A. RNAse
B. RNA initiator
C. RNA polymerase
D. ribozymes
Answer» E.
100.

What are last billion years on earth called?

A. Phanerozoic eon
B. hadean
C. Archaean
D. Proterozoic
Answer» B. hadean