(I) Choose the best answer

(1 ) The most prominent features of life is

a ) Cell division b ) Cell cycle

c) Arrangement of cells d) Cell lysis

Answer : a) Cell division

(2) Which method contributes in projecting life from generation to generation?
a ) Life cycle b) Heredity
c ) Cell division d ) None of the above
Answer : c) Cell division

( 3 ) Cell division imposes it’s impact on

a ) Simplest organisms b) Complex organisms
c) Both simplest and complex organisms d) None of the above
Answer : c) Both simplest and complex organisms
(4) Chromatin is mainly made up of
a )Protein b ) Protein and DNA
c) DNA d ) RNA
Answer : b ) Protein and DNA
(5) Chromosome structure looks like
a ) Slightly coiled b ) Permeable
c) Highly coiled and condensed c) Highly coiled and penetrable
Answer : c ) Highly coiled and condensed
(6) On which year ,Chromosomes in animals were first discovered?
a ) 1880 b) 1882

c) 1886 d ) 1888
Answer : b ) 1882
(7) Which German Scientist first discovered Chromosomes in animals?
a ) Paul Ehrlich b ) Friedrich Loeffler
c ) Robert Koch d ) Walther Flemming
Answer : d ) Walther Flemming
(8) On which year the shape of the DNA was first discovered?
a ) 1953 b) 1955
c) 1959 c) 1962
Answer : 1953
(9) Which Scientist first contributed in discovering the shape of the DNA molecule
?
a ) Nicholas Wald b ) Rosalind Franklin
c ) Alfred Russel Wallace c) Kevin Warwick
Answer : b ) Rosalind Franklin
(10 ) Which Scientist first contributed in elucidating the structure of the DNA
molecule?
a ) Joseph Lister b) Louis Ignarro
c) Edward Jenner and Elizabeth Blackwell d) Watson and Crick

Answer : d) Watson and Crick

(11 ) Who won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for proposing the double stranded helical
structure of DNA ?
a ) David Julius b) Ardem Patapoutian
c) Charles M.Rice and Harvey J. Alterd ) Watson and Crick
Answer : d ) Watson and Crick
(12 ) Macromolecule literally denotes
a ) Large molecule b) Very small molecule
c ) Very large molecule c) Small molecule
Answer : c ) Very large molecule
(13 ) What is the full form of DNA ?
a) Deoxyribonucleic acid b) Deoxyrinonucleic acid
c ) Dizoribonucleic acid c) Dissirilonucleic acid
Answer : a) Deoxyribonucleic acid
(14 ) How many types of nitrogenous bases are discovered in the DNA?
a ) 3 b) 4

c ) 6 d) 8
Answer : b) 4
(15) When eight histone proteins contributes in winding of the DNA strand , then it
is known as
a ) Histone octamer b) Histone acetylation
c ) Histone deacetylation d) Histone tetramer
Answer : a) Histone octamer
( 16) An individual human chromosome primarily consists of
a ) Thousand nucleosomes b) Minimal nucleosomes
c ) Hundred nucleosomes d) Million nucleosomes
Answer : d) Million nucleosomes
( 17 ) A small constricted region of a chromosome that plays an essential part in
connecting two sister chromatids at the time of cell division is called
a ) Centrioles b ) Centrosome
c ) Centromere d) None of the above
Answer : c ) Centromere
( 18 ) Which hereditary unit is responsible for transmitting certain features from
parents to children
a ) Linkage groupb ) Ancestry
c ) Genomesd) Genes
Answer : d ) Genes
(19 ) DNA fingerprinting is mostly used for detecting
a ) Identify of an individual b) Health problems
c ) Mental illness d) All of the above

Answer : a) Identify of an individual

( 20 ) The production of new cells are extremely essential for
a ) Growth and Repairb)Repair and Replacement
1. c) Growth, Repair and Replacement d) Growth, Replacement, Repair and
Reproduction
Answer : d) Growth, Replacement, Repair and Reproduction
( 21 ) How many red blood cells are demolished in our body per second ?
a ) 4 million b) 2 million
c ) 3 million d) 5 million
Answer : b ) 2 million
( 22 ) A cell which undergoes through the process of growth and division in a
systematic sequence of events are called
a ) Life cycle b) Cell cycle
c ) Cell structure d) Cell division
Answer : b ) Cell cycle
( 23 ) The interphase and the M – phase are primarily the two phases that are
contained in
a) Cell division b) Cell membrane
c ) Cell cycle d) Cell lineage

Answer : c) Cell cycle

( 24 ) How many phases are there in the interphase?
a ) 4 b) 3
c ) 6 d) 8
Answer : b) 3
( 25 ) The unrestrained continuation of cell cycles may give rise to
a ) Diabetes b) Thyroid
c ) Tumours d) All of the above
Answer : c) Tumours
( 26 ) Cell divisions are primarily categorized into two types. What are the two
different types of cell divisions?
a ) Nucleus and Mitochondrion b) Mitochondrion and Ribosomes
c) Ribosomes and Cytoplasmd) Mitosis and Meiosis
Answer : Mitosis and Meiosis
( 27 ) The most prominent feature of mitosis is that
a ) The chromosome number remains constant b ) The chromosome number alters
c ) The chromosomes number diminishes c) The chromosome number exceeds
Answer : a ) The chromosome number remains constant
( 28 ) Which two steps are essential for the completion of Mitosis
a ) Karyokinesis and Cytokinesis b) Pyknosis and Karyolysis
c) Karyorrhexis and Pyknosis d) Pyroptosis and Necrosis
Answer : a) Karyokinesis and Cytokinesis
(29 ) Which phase is considered as the first stage in mitosis ?
a ) Metaphase b) Prophase
c ) Telophase c) Anaphase
Answer : b) Prophase
( 30 ) The duplicated chromosomes in the metaphase tends to settle on the
a ) Equatorial plane b) Edge of the plane
c ) Interior of the plane d) None of the above
Answer : a ) Equatorial plane
(31) The resting phase of mitosis is also known as
a) G1 phase b) G2 phase
c) S phase d) Interphase
Answer : d) Interphase
( 32 ) Which phase is regarded as the end phase in mitosis ?
a ) Prophase b) Telophase
c ) Metaphase d) Anaphase
Answer : b) Telophase
( 33 ) Cytokinesis literally signifies
a ) Division of cytoplasm b ) Cytoplasmic matrix
c ) Cell organelles d) Protoplasm
Answer : a) Division of cytoplasm
( 34 ) All the nuclear transformations that takes place at the time of cell division is
called
a ) Cytokinesis b) Prometaphase
c ) Karyokinesis d) Interphase
Answer : c) Karyokinesis
( 35) Development or enlargement in body size is due to
a ) Replacement of new cells b) Formation of new cells
c ) Destruction of new cells d) Repair of new cells
Answer : b ) Formation of new cells
( 36 ) Which organelles present in a plant cell contains their own DNA?
a ) Cell wall b) Plastids
c ) Chloroplasts d) Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
Answer : d) Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
( 37 ) Cells which undergoes the process of replacement every two weeks are
a ) Skin cells b) Red blood cells
c ) Bone cellsd) Liver cells
Answer : a ) Skin cells
( 38 ) Which cells last for a period of only 5 days ?
a ) Bone cellsb) Epithelial cells
c )Liver cellsd) Muscle cells
Answer : b ) Epithelial cells
( 39) A type of cell division that is responsible for producing sex cells are
a ) Mitosis b) Amitosis
c ) Meiosis d) None of the above
Answer : c ) Meiosis
( 40 ) The most important characteristics of meiosis is that
a ) The number of chromosomes are doubled b) The number of chromosomes are
halved
c ) The number of chromosomes are tripled d) The number of chromosomes are
nullified
Answer : b ) The number of chromosomes are halved