SCIENCE TEST – 2

TOTAL : 30
I) MCQ : ( 10 )
1. If cells of onion peel and RBC are separately kept in hypotonic solution, what will happen to each of them?
(a) Both the cells will swell.
(b) RBC will burst easily while cells of onion peel will resist the bursting to some extent.
(c) (a) and (b) both are correct. (d) RBC and onion peel cells will behave similarly.
2. Amoeba acquires its food through a process, termed
(a) exocytosis (b) endocytosis (c) plasmolysis (d) exocytosis and endocytosis
3. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by
(a) Haeckel (b) Virchow (c) Hooke (d) Schleiden
4. Living cells were discovered by
(a) Robert Hooke (b) Purkinje (c) Leeuwenhoek (d) Robert Brown
5.Choose correct answer : __(a)____ is Largest cell , __(b) ___ is Longest cell , both in humans . Find a and b .
a) a-Nerve cell b-Ovum b)a-Blood cells b-Ovum
c)a-Ovum b-Nerve cell c) a-Bone cell b-Nerve cell
6. 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
7.Robert Brown discovered is ________
a)ER b)Nucleus c)Cytoplasm d)Ribosomes
8.The first cell was identified in ______
a)Pond b)Bark of tree c)Cork d)Both b and c
9. Assertion : A cell membrane shows fluid behaviour.
Reason : A membrane is a mosaic of lipids and proteins.
10. Assertion (A): Plasma membrane is semi permeable.
Reason (R): Plasma membrane allows all molecules to pass through it.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Assertion and reason is false.
II) ANSWER IN SHORT : ( 4 X 2 = 8 )
11. What are unicellular and multicellular organism with example ?
12. A person takes concentrated solution of salt, after sometime, he starts vomiting. What is the phenomenon
responsible for such situation? Explain.
13. 1. State the cell theory . 2.Draw the different shapes of cell.
OR
b. What is plasma membrane made up of ? Why plasma membrane called as Selectively permeable membrane?
14.Differnce between Diffusion and Osmosis
III) ANSWER IN BRIEF : ( 2 x 3 = 6 )
15. How do substances like carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) move in and out of the cell?
16. Explain: Hypertonic , Isotonic and Hypotonic solution.
IV) CASE STUDY : ( 6 M )
17. 1. Difference between Electron and compound microscope . (2)
2. a. What happens when plasma membrane raptures or break down ? ( 2 )
c. Why is the cell called the structural and functional unit of life? (2 )