NEET Biology Cell - The Unit Of Life Question Bank

done Cell Theory and General Total Questions - 47

• question_answer1)
  Who proposed the "Cell theory'' [BHU 1982, 83, 2002; MP PMT 1995, 96, 98, 2001, 05; CPMT 1972, 76, 86, 88, 91, 98; Kerala CET 2003; HP PMT 2005]
  A)
  Schleiden and Schwann done clear
  B)
  Watson and Crick done clear
  C)
  Mendel and Morgan done clear
  D)
  Robert Hooke done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Which of the following is the exception of cell theory [CPMT 1979; DPMT 1985; CMC Vellore 1993; BVP 2004; Kerala PMT 2004]
  A)
  Bacteria done clear
  B)
  Fungi done clear
  C)
  Lichen done clear
  D)
  Virus done clear
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• question_answer3)
  Difference between the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in having [AFMC 2002]
  A)
  Cell wall done clear
  B)
  Nuclear membrane done clear
  C)
  Ribosome done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer4)
  Intracellular compartments are not found in cells of [MP PMT 1997]
  A)
  Lower plants done clear
  B)
  Prokaryotes done clear
  C)
  Higher plants done clear
  D)
  Eukaryotes done clear
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• question_answer5)
  How many types of cells are known [MP PMT 2000]
  A)
  One done clear
  B)
  Two done clear
  C)
  Three done clear
  D)
  Four done clear
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• question_answer6)
  The division of the plant kingdom into Prokaryota and Eukaryota is based on the characters of [MP PMT 1995, 98]
  A)
  Nucleus only done clear
  B)
  Chromosomes only done clear
  C)
  Cell organelles only done clear
  D)
  All the above done clear
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• question_answer7)
  T. Schwann and M. Schleiden were  [CPMT 2001; BHU 2001]
  A)
  Dutch biologists done clear
  B)
  English biologists done clear
  C)
  Austrian biologists done clear
  D)
  German biologists done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Who proposed the theory that "cells arise only from the pre-existing cells'' [MP PMT 1997]
  A)
  Mohl done clear
  B)
  Virchow done clear
  C)
  Haeckel done clear
  D)
  Brown done clear
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• question_answer9)
  Longest cell of plants is found in
  A)
  Victoria amazonica done clear
  B)
  Eucalyptus done clear
  C)
  Boehmeria nivea done clear
  D)
  Sequoia done clear
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• question_answer10)
  Star shaped crystals found in Dioscorea are
  A)
  Druses done clear
  B)
  Cystolith done clear
  C)
  Lithocysts done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Raphides are needle-like crystals of calcium oxalate which are specially common in
  A)
  Asparagus done clear
  B)
  Dahlia done clear
  C)
  Balsam done clear
  D)
  Rose done clear
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• question_answer12)
  The smallest living cells with cell wall are [MP PMT 1994]
  A)
  Viroids done clear
  B)
  Algae done clear
  C)
  Bacteria done clear
  D)
  Mycoplasma done clear
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• question_answer13)
  'Micrographia' is a book authored by [MHCET 2001]
  A)
  Leeuwenhoek done clear
  B)
  Jan Swammer Dan done clear
  C)
  Robert Hooke done clear
  D)
  Rudolf Virchow done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Robert Hooke [CPMT 1986]
  A)
  Lived in the 19th century done clear
  B)
  Observed cork cells done clear
  C)
  Invented lens done clear
  D)
  Constructed a microscope done clear
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• question_answer15)
  The branch which deals with the study of cell structure and function is known as [CPMT 1986; BHU 2000; MHCET 2000, 03; Pb. PMT 2004]
  A)
  Histology done clear
  B)
  Ecology done clear
  C)
  Morphology done clear
  D)
  Cytology done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Which one of the following is a prokaryote [BHU 1986]
  A)
  Agaricus done clear
  B)
  Salmonella done clear
  C)
  Green algae done clear
  D)
  Bacteriophage done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Figures of cork cells as seen by Robert Hooke were published in his book
  A)
  Micrographia done clear
  B)
  Origin of species done clear
  C)
  Plant kingdom done clear
  D)
  Genera plantarum done clear
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• question_answer18)
  The size of most of the cells is best expressed in [CPMT 1983, 87, 98]
  A)
  Å done clear
  B)
  Milimeters (mm) done clear
  C)
  Nanometers (nm) done clear
  D)
  Micrometers (mm) done clear
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• question_answer19)
  The word "Prokaryote" means a cell [JIPMER 1995]
  A)
  With many nuclei done clear
  B)
  With one nucleus done clear
  C)
  With diffused nucleus done clear
  D)
  Without chloroplast done clear
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• question_answer20)
  'Cell' was discovered by and given the term  [AFMC 1997; CPMT 2003]
  A)
  Grew done clear
  B)
  Brown done clear
  C)
  Robert Hooke done clear
  D)
  Darwin done clear
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• question_answer21)
  Which of the following is not a cell organelle  [Bihar MDAT 1992; RPMT 2002]
  A)
  Mitochondria done clear
  B)
  Ribosome done clear
  C)
  Golgi complex done clear
  D)
  Microsome done clear
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• question_answer22)
  Laticiferous cells usually contain
  A)
  Cytoplasm done clear
  B)
  Protoplasm done clear
  C)
  Food done clear
  D)
  Food and waste done clear
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• question_answer23)
  Raphides are needle-like crystals made up of [Bihar MDAT 1995; Orissa JEE 2004]
  A)
  Calcium carbonate done clear
  B)
  Calcium sulphate done clear
  C)
  Calcium oxalate done clear
  D)
  Calcium pectate done clear
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• question_answer24)
  The cell theory states that [CPMT 1972; BHU 1980; MP PMT 1995]
  A)
  All cells have nuclei done clear
  B)
  All cells are totipotent done clear
  C)
  Cells reproduce by mitosis done clear
  D)
  Cells are the basic structural units of living beings done clear
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• question_answer25)
  The main difference between plant and animal cell is [CPMT 1980, 89; NCERT 1982; HP PMT 2005]
  A)
  Animal cells lack cell wall done clear
  B)
  Plant cell has no cell wall done clear
  C)
  Animal cell has a rigid cell wall done clear
  D)
  Plant cells lack cell membrane done clear
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• question_answer26)
  Cystolith is made up of [MP PMT 2000]
  A)
  Calcium oxalate done clear
  B)
  Calcium carbonate done clear
  C)
  Calcium hydroxide done clear
  D)
  Calcium oxide done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Which of the following is absent in prokaryotes [CPMT 1994]
  A)
  Nuclear membrane done clear
  B)
  Golgi bodies done clear
  C)
  Endoplasmic reticulum done clear
  D)
  All the above done clear
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• question_answer28)
  Smallest known cell is [CBSE PMT 1988; RPMT 1999]
  A)
  Acetabularia done clear
  B)
  Nostoc done clear
  C)
  Chlamydomonas done clear
  D)
  Pleuropneumonia like organism done clear
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• question_answer29)
  Which of the following shows the absence of cytoplasmic streaming
  A)
  Eukaryotic cell done clear
  B)
  Prokaryotic cell done clear
  C)
  Both (a) and (b) done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer30)
  Which of the following is absent in prokaryotes [DPMT 1981; KCET 2005]
  A)
  DNA done clear
  B)
  RNA done clear
  C)
  Plasma membrane done clear
  D)
  Mitochondria done clear
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• question_answer31)
  Which of the following forms more than ½ of cell [AFMC 2001]
  A)
  Water done clear
  B)
  Mineral done clear
  C)
  Protein done clear
  D)
  Carbohydrate done clear
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• question_answer32)
  The inherent capacity of a cell to regenerate a new whole organism is called [Kerala CET 2003]
  A)
  Ontogeny done clear
  B)
  Totipotency done clear
  C)
  Phycogeny done clear
  D)
  Differentiation done clear
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• question_answer33)
  Which of the following represents the correct sequence of relative sizes in descending order
  A)
  Cell, nucleus, chromosome, water molecule, oxygen atom done clear
  B)
  Cell, nucleus, water molecule, oxygen atom, chromosome done clear
  C)
  Chromosome, cell, nucleus, water molecule, oxygen atom done clear
  D)
  Cell, nucleus, water molecule, chromosome, oxygen atom done clear
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• question_answer34)
  Cytosomes are found in [CBSE PMT 1993]
  A)
  Chloroplasts done clear
  B)
  Bacteria done clear
  C)
  Mitochondria done clear
  D)
  All of these done clear
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• question_answer35)
  If living cells similar to those found on earth, were found on another planet where there was no oxygen. Which cell organelle would most probably be absent [CPMT 1989]
  A)
  Cell membrane done clear
  B)
  Ribosomes done clear
  C)
  Mitochondria done clear
  D)
  Chromosomes done clear
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• question_answer36)
  The cell organelles are found in [MP PMT 1996]
  A)
  Bacterial cells done clear
  B)
  Cyanobacterial cells done clear
  C)
  Prokaryotic cells done clear
  D)
  Eukaryotic cells done clear
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• question_answer37)
  Crenation is the
  A)
  Expansion of a cell done clear
  B)
  Contraction of a cell done clear
  C)
  Increase in cytoplasm done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer38)
  Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched [MP PMT 1993]
  A)
  Cristae The "Shelves'' formed by the folding of the inner membrane of the mitochondrion done clear
  B)
  Plasmodesmata The membrane surrounding the vacuole in plants done clear
  C)
  Grana Membrane bound discs in chloroplasts that contain chlorophylls and carotenoids done clear
  D)
  Middle lamella Layer between adjacent cell walls in plants derived from cell plate done clear
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• question_answer39)
  Smallest cell organelle is [Pb. PMT 2000]
  A)
  Lysosome done clear
  B)
  Dictyosome done clear
  C)
  Polysome done clear
  D)
  Monosome done clear
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• question_answer40)
  Currency of cell is [MHCET 2000]
  A)
  Mitochondria done clear
  B)
  Chloroplast done clear
  C)
  ATP done clear
  D)
  Glucose done clear
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• question_answer41)
  Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given [Kerala PMT 2004]

  	Column I		Column II
  A.	Robert Hooke	1.	Mutation theory
  B.	Charles Darwin	2.	Swan-necked flask experiment
  C.	Hugo de vries	3.	Origin of species
  D.	Louis Pasteur	4.	Micrographia

  A)
  A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 done clear
  B)
  A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 done clear
  C)
  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 done clear
  D)
  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 done clear
  E)
  A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 done clear
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• question_answer42)
  Schleiden (1838) proposed that cell is the structural and functional unit of life. His idea was a [CPMT 2004]
  A)
  Assumption done clear
  B)
  Generalization done clear
  C)
  Hypothesis done clear
  D)
  Observation done clear
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• question_answer43)
  Robert Hooke used the term cell in the year [BHU 2004]
  A)
  1650 done clear
  B)
  1665 done clear
  C)
  1865 done clear
  D)
  1960 done clear
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• question_answer44)
  Which one is the largest unicellular organism [Kerala PMT 2004]
  A)
  Planaria done clear
  B)
  Volvax done clear
  C)
  Blue green algae done clear
  D)
  Yeast done clear
  E)
  Acetabularia done clear
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• question_answer45)
  Prokaryotic cell does not have [Haryana PMT 2005]
  A)
  Nucleolus done clear
  B)
  Membrane bound organelles done clear
  C)
  Centrioles done clear
  D)
  All of these done clear
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• question_answer46)
  With the increase in the shape of cell, its ratio of volume and surface area will be [AMU 2005]
  A)
  Unaltered done clear
  B)
  Slightly increase done clear
  C)
  Decrease done clear
  D)
  Increase in many layers done clear
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• question_answer47)
  When a plant cell is treated by cellulose and pectinate enzymes, which of the following is formed [AMU 2005]
  A)
  Chloroplast done clear
  B)
  Leucoplast done clear
  C)
  Protoplast done clear
  D)
  One of these done clear
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