Question Bank No: 1

1. If a stock has 2n=48 and scion microspore mother cell has 2n=24, then root cells and microspore will have _____ chromosomes respectively

 a)12, 48
 b)48, 12
 c)24, 12
 d)24, 96

2. Poleward movement of dyads occur in

 a)Anaphase of mitosis
 b)Anaphase I of meiosis
 c)Anaphase II of meiosis
 d)All of these

3. How many meiotic divisions would be required to produce 100 female gametophytes in an angiosperm?

 a)25
 b)50
 c)100
 d)None of the above

4. The period of active mitosis varies from

 a)several days
 b)10 minutes to a few hours
 c)few seconds
 d)several weeks

5. Diploid amount of nuclear DNA and haploid number of chromosomes are characteristic feature of

 a)Interkinesis
 b)Telophase
 c)metaphase I
 d)prophase II

6. How many successive generations of mitosis must occur to produce 1024 cells?

 a)10
 b)11
 c)512
 d)1024

7. An egg cell has 5 pg of DNA in its nucleus. How much amount of DNA will be in this animal at the enf of G2 phase mitosis?

 a)2.5 pg
 b)5 g
 c)5 pg
 d)20 pg

8. Synaptonemal complex is a ribo-nucleo protein structure visible from

 a)leptotene through diplotene
 b)pachytene through diplotene
 c)zygotene through pachytene
 d)diplotene through metaphase

9. Mitosis was observed in animal cells by

 a)Walter Flemming
 b)Strasburger
 c)Hertwig
 d)Moore

10. Exchange of chromosomal parts between non-homologous chromosomes is called

 a)Translocation
 b)Transposition
 c)Crossing-over
 d)Linkage

11. As the chromosome splits into two chromatids and migrated towards poles

 a)Centromeres will arch towards centrosome and arms of chromatids towards equator side
 b)Centromeres will arch towards equator side and arms of chromatids towards poles
 c)Both centromere and chromatids towards poles
 d)Both centromere and chromatids towards equator

12. Which of the following is true of kinetochores ?

 a)There is one kinetochore per chromosome
 b)There is one kinetochore per chromatid
 c)There is a pair of kinetochore per chromatid
 d)None of the above

13. Which is the longest stage of prophase I of Meiosis I ?

 a)Leptotene
 b)Zygotene
 c)Pachytene
 d)Diplotene

14. Anaphase stage is characterised by all the following features except

 a)Sister chromatids split away from one another
 b)Shortening of microtubules attached to Kinetochore
 c)Poleward migration
 d)Arrival of daughter chromosomes at the poles

15. In which stage of cell cycle, cell enters into Go phase?

 a)G1
 b)S
 c)G2
 d)M

16. Which organelle is commonly referred to as the 'traffic police' of the cell?

 a)Endoplasmic reticulam
 b)Plasma membrane
 c)Golgi complex
 d)Ribosomes

17. Mitochondrial ribosome is

 a)80S
 b)70S
 c)50S
 d)30S

18. Golgi apparatus of plants and lower invertebrates are usually referred to as

 a)Lipochondria
 b)Desmosomes
 c)Dictyosomes
 d)None of these

19. Which of the following possess cytoskeleton?

 a)Slime mould
 b)Mature mammalian erythrocytes
 c)Prokaryotes
 d)Protozoa

20. In the fluid- mosaic model, of plasma membrane the proteins found are

 a)Extrinsic proteins
 b)Intrinsic proteins
 c)Transmembrane proteins
 d)All the above

21. Largest eukaryotic normal chromosome is found in

 a)Trillium
 b)Ophioglossum
 c)Radiolarians
 d)Maize

22. A peice of carrot and a flower is put in water separately. The water becomes purple in case of carrot but remain colourless in flower case. It is because

 a)In carrot, anthocyanin pigments are found in cell sap which are water soluble
 b)In flowers, carotenoid pigments are fat soluble and found in chromoplast and do not come out in water
 c)In flowers, pigments are found in cytoplasm, while in carrot, pigments are localised in vacuoles
 d)Both (a) and (b)

23. In fruits and flowers, colour pigments are located in

 a)Cytoplasm
 b)Vacuole
 c)Mesophyll
 d)cell membrane

24. A cell that lacks nucleus will also lack

 a)Ribosomes
 b)Polyribosomes
 c)Chromosomes
 d)Lysosomes

25. Lipids and protein contents in all membranes are in the ratio

 a)40 : 58
 b)45 : 40
 c)60 : 40
 d)50 : 50

26. Water balance of cell is maintained by

 a)ER
 b)Lysosomes
 c)Vacuoles
 d)All of these

27. A cell organelle common in Protista and Monera is

 a)Vacuole
 b)Chloroplast
 c)Lysosome
 d)Ribosome

28. Starch grains in potato are found in

 a)Lencoplast
 b)Golgi bodies
 c)Microbodies
 d)Vacuoles

29. An organelle that has no DNA but capable of duplication is

 a)Centriole
 b)Centrosphere
 c)Mitochondria
 d)Chloroplast

30. Which of the following are called ribosome production factories?

 a)Endoplasmic reticulum
 b)Ribosomes
 c)Golgi bodies
 d)Nucleolus

31. Nuclear membrane re appears at

 a)Metaphase
 b)Anaphase
 c)cytokinesis
 d)Telophase

32. Terminalisation occurs during.

 a)Mitosis
 b)Diakinesis
 c)Meiosis II
 d)Leptotene

33. Cross like configurations when nonsister chromatide of a bivalent come in contact during first meiotic division are

 a)Chiasmata
 b)Chromomeres
 c)Centromeres
 d)Bivalents

34. The number of chromatids at metaphase is

 a)2 each in mitosis and meiosis
 b)Two in mitosis and one in meiosis
 c)Two in mitosis and four in Meiosis
 d)One in mitosis and two in Meiosis

35. The sequences of cell cycle is

 a)S, m, G1, G2
 b)G1, G2, s, m
 c)m, G1, G2 and S
 d)G1, S, G2, m

36. Selective and specific pairing of homologous chromosomes during pachytene stage of meiosis is

 a)Synapsis
 b)Crossing over
 c)Linkage
 d)chiastma

37. Reduction of chromosome number occur during

 a)Prophase II
 b)Anaphase I
 c)anaphase II
 d)Telophase I

38. Number of chromosomes group at equatorial plate of metaphase I of a plant body having 2n = 50 chromosomes shall be

 a)25
 b)50
 c)100
 d)75

39. Karyokinesis differs from cytokinesis as it involve the division of

 a)cytoplasm
 b)Nucleus
 c)Both Nucleus and Cytoplasm
 d)Cell

40. Centriole replicate during

 a)Interphase
 b)To early prophase
 c)Late prophase
 d)Late telophase

41. DNA synthesis takesplace during

 a)S- Phase
 b)G1 -Phase
 c)G2- Phase
 d)M Phase

42. Nucleolus disappear during

 a)early prophase
 b)Late Prophase
 c)Late metaphase
 d)Late telophase

43. Endomitosis is.

 a)Mitosis without nucleus
 b)Mitosis within nucleus
 c)Frequency mitosis
 d)Mitosis in uterine wall

44. In synapsis the two homologous chromomeres are connected at.

 a)Centromeres
 b)chromomeres
 c)Telomeres
 d)Satelite

45. Crossing over results in

 a)Segregation of alleles
 b)Dominance of alleles
 c)Recombination of linked alleles
 d)Linkage between genes

46. In meiosis centromers divide during

 a)Prophase I
 b)Metaphase I
 c)Anaphase I
 d)Anaphase II

47. During cell cycle RNA and proteins are synthesized in

 a)G1 Phase
 b)S Phase
 c)G3 Phase
 d)Both S and G1 phase

48. 'V' Shaped chromosomes are.

 a)Metacentric
 b)Sub metacentric
 c)Telocentric
 d)Acrocentric

49. The material most commonly using to study mitosis is

 a)Garlic root tip
 b)Onion root tip
 c)Tradeschantia stamens
 d)Onion bulb peed