Cell Structure and Function MCQ Quiz

Cell Structures and Functions Worksheet:

The inner membrane of mitochondria is usually highly convoluted, forming infoldings known as
(a) thylakoids
(b) grana
(c) cristae
(d) lamellae

Ans. (c)

For immediate energy production in cells, one should take __
(a) Glucose
(b) Vitamin K
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Roughage

Ans. (a)

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Mitochondria were first observed by
(a) Robert Brown
(b) Altmann
(c) Robert Hooker
(d) T. Svedber

Ans. (b)

Membranes occur in
(a) cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and mitochondria
(b) cytoplasm, nuclei, and starch grains
(c) chromosomes, chloroplasts, and starch grains
(d) nuclei, chromosomes, and mitochondria

Ans. (a)

Who was the first to explain that cells divide and that all new cells must come from preexisting cells?
(a) M. Schleiden
(b) T. Schwann
(c) Robert Hooke
(d) Rudolf Virchow

Ans. (d)

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Besides giving out secretory vesicles, the Golgi apparatus is also concerned with the formation of
(a) lysosomes
(b) plastids
(c) grana of chloroplast
(d) cell plates after cell division in plants

Ans. (a)

The nucleus was first discovered by
(a) Robert Brown
(b) Robert Koch
(c) Leeuwenhoek
(d) F. Sanger

Ans. (a)

Golgi apparatus is absent in
(a) liver cells
(b) higher plants
(c) blue-green algae
(d) yeast

Ans. (c)

Ribosome was discovered by
(a) Porter
(b) Palade
(c) Muller
(d) Ochoa

Ans. (b)

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Who first coined the word “cell”?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Hooke
(c) Schwann
(d) Leeuwenhoek

Ans. (b)

Lysosomes are generally found in
(a) animal cells
(a) plant cells
(c) both animal and plant cells
(d) bacterial cells

Ans. (a)

The endoplasmic reticulum was discovered by
(a) Porter and Kallmann
(b) Altmann
(c) Robertson
(d) Hofmeister

Ans. (a)

Lysosomes are known as “suicidal bags” because of
(a) catalytic activity
(b) hydrolytic activity
(c) parasitic activity
(d) saprophytic activity

Ans. (b)

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The smallest organelles in a cell are
(a) Lysosomes
(b) Spherosomes
(c) Peroxysomes
(d) Ribosomes

Ans. (d)

Who discovered lysosomes?
(a) M. Calvin
(b) A. Claude
(c) Christian de Duve
(d) L.C. Pauling

Ans. (c)

Proteins that are to be used outside the cell are synthesized
(a) in the mitochondria
(b) on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
(c) on the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(d) on free ribosomes

Ans. (b)

If the leaf tissues are carefully fractionated, what part should be alive?
(a) Endoplasmic reticulum
(b) Cell wall
(c) Ribosomes
(d) Chloroplasts

Ans. (d)

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The Golgi complex plays a major role
(a) in digesting proteins and carbohydrates
(b) in trapping light quanta and transforming them into chemical energy
(c) in glycosidation of lipids and proteins to produce glycolipids and glycoproteins
(d) as energy-transferring organelles

Ans. (c)

The term ‘protoplasm’ was given by
(a) Purkinje
(b) Dujardin
(c) Brown
(d) Fischer

Ans. (a)

Mitochondria are found
(a) in all cells
(b) only in plant cells
(c) only in animal cells
(d) in all eukaryotic cells

Ans. (d)

The major function of the Golgi body is
(a) secretion
(b) regulation of cell temperature
(c) active transport
(d) transportation

Ans. (a)

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Cell organelle, which has an electron transport system, is
(a) centriole
(b) endoplasmic reticulum
(c) mitochondria
(d) nucleolus

Ans. (c)

Which organelle changes the chemical into utilizable energy?
(a) Lysosome
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Microsome

Ans. (b)

The first person to see a cell under the microscope was
(a) M. Schleiden
(b) T. Schwann
(c) Robert Hook
(d) A.V. Leeuwenhoek

Ans. (c)

The enzymes for the Krebs cycle in mitochondria are located in
(a) in per mitochondrial space
(b) on inner membrane
(c) in mitochondrial matrix
(d) on the outer membrane

Ans. (c)

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The chemical nature of ribosomes is
(a) beta-galactosidase
(b) proteins and lipids
(c) glucose and sucrose
(d) proteins and RNA

Ans. (d)

Cell activities are controlled by :
(a) Chloroplast
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Nucleus

Ans. (d)

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