Question 1.

Which of the following can be made into crystal?

(a) A bacterium
(b) An Amoeba
(c) A virus
(d) A sperm

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Question 2.
A cell will swell up if
(a) the concentration of water molecules in the cell is higher than the concentration
of water molecules in the surrounding medium.
(b) the concentration of water molecules in the surrounding medium is higher than
water molecules concentration in the cell.
(c) the concentration of water molecules is same in the cell and in the surrounding
medium.
(d) concentration of water molecules does not matter.

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Question 3.
Chromosomes are made up of
(a) DNA
(b) Protein
(c) DNA and protein
(d) RNA

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Question 4.
Which of these options are not a function of ribosomes?
(i) It helps in manufacture of protein molecules.
(ii) It helps in manufacture of enzymes.
(iii) It helps in manufacture of hormones.
(iv) It helps in manufacture of starch molecules.
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (iv) and (i)

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Question 5.
Which of these is not related to endoplasmic reticulum?
(a) It behaves as a transport channel for proteins between nucleus and cytoplasm.
(b) It transports materials between various regions in the cytoplasm.
(c) It can be the site of energy generation.
(d) It can be the site for some biochemical activities of the cell.

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Question 6.
Following are a few definitions of osmosis:
Read carefully and select the correct definition.
(a) Movement of water molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of
lower concentration through a semi-permeable membrane.
(b) Movement of solvent molecules from its higher concentration to lower
concentration.

(c) Movement of solvent molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration of

solution through a permeable membrane.
(d) Movement of solute molecules from lower concentration to higher concentration of
solution through a semi permeable membrane.
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Question 7.
Plasmolysis in a plant cell is defined as
(a) breakdown (lysis) of plasma membrane in hypotonie medium
(b) shrinkageof cytoplasm in hypertonic medium
(c) shrinkage of nucleoplasm
(d) none of them

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Question 8.
Which of the following are covered by a single membrane?
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Vacuole
(c) Lysosome
(d) Plastid
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Question 9.
Find out the false sentence.
(a) Nucleus is involved with the formation of lysosomes.
(b) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid have DNA, hence they are able to make their
own structural proteins.

(c) Mitochondria is said to be the power house of the cell as ATP is generated in them.
(d) Cytoplasm is called as protoplasm.
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Question 10.
Find out the correct sentence.
(a) Enzymes packed in lysosomes are made through RER (rough endoplasmic
reticulum).
(b) Rough endoplasmic reticulum and smooth endoplasmic reticulum produce lipid
and protein respectively.

(c) Endoplasmic reticulum is rélated to the destruction of plasma membrane.

(d) Nucleoid is present inside the nucleoplasm of eukaryotic nucleus.
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Question 11.
Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxifring many poisons and drugs in a
cell?
(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) Lysosomes
(c) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Vacuoles

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Question 12.
The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured
by
(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) plasma membrane
(d) mitochondria

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Question 13.
The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes is also known as
(a) nucleus
(b) nucleolus
(c) nucleic acid
(d) nucleoid

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Question 14.
The cell organelle involved in forming complex sugars from simple sugars are
(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) ribosomes
(c) plastids
(d) golgi apparatus

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Question 16.
Amoeba acquires its food through a process, termed
(a) exocytosis
(b) endocytosis
(c) plasmolysis
(d) exocytosis and endocytosis both

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Question 17.
Cell wall of which one of these is not made up of cellulose?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Hydrilla
(c) Mango tree
(d) Cactus
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Question 18.
Silver nitrate solution is used to study
(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) nucleus
(d) mitochondria

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Question 19.
Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is
(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) mitochondria
(d) lysosomes

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Question 20.
Kitchen of the cell is
(a) mitochondria
(b) endoplasmic reticulum
(c) chioroplast
(d) golgi apparatus

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Question 21.
Lipid molecules in the cell are synthesised by
(a) smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(b) rough endoplasmic reticulum
(c) golgi apparatus
(d) plastids

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Question 22.
Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by
(a) Haeckel
(b) Virchow
(c) Hooke
(d) Schleiden

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Question 23.
Cell theory was given by
(a) Schleiden and Schwann
(b) Virchow
(c) Hooke
(d) Haeckel

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Question 24.
The only cell organelle seen in prokaryotic cell is
(a) mitochondria
(b) ribosomes
(c) plastids
(d) lysosomes

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Question 25.
Organelle without a cell membrane is
(a) ribosome
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) chioroplast
(d) nucleus

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Question 26.
1 μm is
(a) 10-6 m
(b) 10-9 m
(c) 10-10 m
(d) 10-3 m

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Question 27.
Lysosome arises from
(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) nucleus
(d) mitochondria

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Question 28.
Living cells were discovered by
(a) Robert Hooke
(b) Purkinje
(c) Leeuwenhoek
(d) Robert Brown

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Question 29.
Select the odd one out.
(a) The movement of water across a semi permeable membrane is affected by the amount of
substances dissolved in it.
(b) Membranes are made of organic molecules like proteins and lipids.
(c) Molecules soluble in organic solvents can easily pass through the membrane.
(d) Plasma membranes contain chitin sugar in plants.

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Fill in the blanks.

1. …………… is a Latin word for ‘a little room’.

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2. Plant cells are stained using the stain called …………….

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3. Cells were first discovered by ……………. in 1665.

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4. Leeuwenhoek (1674), with the improved microscope, discovered ………….. the in pond
water for the first time.

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5. Virchow stated that ……………. arise from pre-existing cells.

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6. The largest cell is …………….

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7. The …………. and …………… of cells are related to the specific function they perform.

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8. The process of …………… helps in movement of carbon dioxide or oxygen across the cell
membrane.

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9. The movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane is called

…………….
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10. The …………… of the cell membrane enables the cell to engulf in food and other
material from its external environment by process called endocytosis.

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11. The chromatin material gets organised in the form of ………….. when the cell is about to
divide.

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12. ………….. and …………. help in building the cell membrane by the process of
membrane biogenesis.

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13. The hydrolytic enzymes present in the lysosomes are synthesised by ………