Class IX

Subjective Questions
1) The phenomenon where cytoplasm shrink in a hypertonic medium is called:
a) Plasmolysis
b) Acidolysis
c) Allolysis
d) None of the above

2) The process by which water moves through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of high
concentration to a region of lower concentration, thereby equalizing water concentration is called:
a) Evaporation
b) Diffusion
c) Osmosis
d) All of the above

3) cell theory was proposed by

a) Robert hooke
b) beadle and tatum
c) schleiden and schwann
d) robert brown

4) The longest cell in the human body is

a) nerve cell
b) liver cell
c) muscle cell
d) kidney cell

5) Cell wall is present in

a) plant cell
b) prokaryotic cell
c) algal cell
d) all of these

6) Cell wall of fungi is made up of

a) lignin
b) suberin
c) chitin
d) pectin

7) Normally, in the process of osmosis, the net flow of water molecules in or out of the cell depends
upon differences in the
a) concentration of water molecules inside and outside the cell
b) concentration of enzymes on either side of the membrane
c) rate of molecular motion on either side of the cell membrane
d) rate of movement of insoluble molecules inside the cell

8) Cell membrane is composed principally of:

a) DNA and ATP
b) proteins and lipids
c) chitin and starch
d) nucleotides and amino acids
9) Root hairs absorb water from soil through
a) osmosis
b) exocytosis
c) diffusion
d) endocytosis

10) The solution in which cell when placed will gain water by osmosis is termed as
a) isotonic solution
b) hypertonic solution
c) hypotonic solution
d) both (a) and (b)