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Multiple Choice Questions

Cell theory was proposed by

  • a botanist

  • a zoologist

  • a botanist and a zoologist

  • a psychologist


What are Singer and Nicolson known for?

  • One-gene-one-enzyme hypothesis

  • Plasma membrane modifications

  • Fluid-mosaic model of plasma membrane

  • Structure of DNA


Specific proteins responsible for the flow of materials and information into the cell are called

  • membrane receptors

  • carrier proteins

  • integral proteins

  • none of these


Assertion : Nucleus is the controlling centre of a cell.

Reason : Pores in the nuclear envelop regulate the flow of materials in and out of the nucleus.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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In a 50 gm living tissue, what would be the amount of water

  • 15- 25 gm

  • 25 - 30 gm

  • 35- 45 gm

  • 70- 90 gm


The outermost limiting layer of mycoplasma is made up of

  • cell wall

  • cell membrane

  • mucilaginous sheath

  • slime layer


Many cells function properly and divide mitotically even though they do not have

  • plasma membrane

  • cytoskeleton

  • mitochondria

  • plastids


Omnis-cellula-e-cellula was given by

  • Virchow

  • Hooke

  • Leeuwenhoek

  • Brown


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Which of the following is responsible for the mechanical support, protein synthesis and enzyme transport?

  • Cell membrane

  • Mitochondria

  • Dictyosome

  • Endoplasmic reticulum


In prokaryotes, chromatophores are

  • specialized granules responsible for colouration of cells

  • structures responsbile for organizing the shape of the organism

  • inclusion bodies lying free inside the cells for canying out various metabolic activities

  • internal membrane systems that may become extensive and complex in photosynthetic bacteria


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