NATURE

INSTITUTE OF BASIC SCIENCES

Section: zoology Topic: Cell Biology
Q1. In which of the following parts of mitochondria, succinate dehydrogenase enzyme is located?
a) Perichondrial space b) Outer membrane
c) Matrix d) Inner membrane
Q2. Study the following statements regarding mitochondria and select the correct ones.
i) These are the sites of aerobic respiration.
ii) Matrix contains single, circular ds DNA molecule, a few RNA molecules and 70S ribosomes.
iii) Mitochondria divide by fission.
iv) Mitochondria are fully-autonomous.
a) (i) and (ii) b) (iii) and (iv)
c) (i), (ii) and (iii) d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).
Q3. All plastids have essentially the same structure because
a) They have to perform the same function
b) They are localized in the aerial parts of plants
c) One type of plastid can differentiate into another type depending upon the cell requirements
d) All plastids have to store starch, lipids and proteins.
Q4. Amyloplasts, elaioplasts and aleuroplasts belong to ---------- category of plastids.
a) Chloroplasts b) chromoplasts
c) Leucoplasts d) all of these
Q5. Identify A and B in the given figure and select the correct option

A B
a) Grana thylakoid Stroma thylakoid
b) Stroma thylakoid Grana thylakoid
c) Granum Stroma
d) Stroma Granum
Q6. Extranuclear inheritance is due to the presence of genes in
a) mitochondria and chloroplasts b) nucleus and mitochondria
c) nucleus and chloroplasts d) endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.
Q7. Mitochondria are related to
a) Prokaryotes b) Plasmids
c) Plastids d) Viruses
Q8. Read the given statements ad select the correct option.
Statements 1: Chloroplast and mitochondria are semi-autonomous bodies.
Statements 2: Chloroplast and mitochondria have their DNA and protein synthesizing machinery.
a) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.
b) Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
c) Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.
d) Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
Q9. Prokaryotic origin of mitochondria was proposed by
a) Rabinowitch b) Altmann
c) Salton d) Morrison
Q10. In mitochondria, enzyme cytochrome oxidase is present in
a) Outer membrane b) Perimitochondrial space
c) Inner membrane d) Matrix
Q11. Highest number of enzyme is found in
a) Lysosome b) Chloroplast
c) Mitochondria d) Peroxysome
Q12. Which of the following representation correctly explain the function of mitochondria?

Q13. The size of mitochondria in plant cell is

a) 0.1 – 1.0 μm long b) 1.0 – 4.0 μm long
c) 2.0 – 4.0 μm long d) 3.0 – 4.0 μm long
Q14. Centre of phosphorylation is
a) Peroxisome b) Oxysome
c) Ribosome d) Mitochondria
Q15. Identify the membrane across which the proton (H +) gradient facilities ATP synthesis in a
typical eukaryotic cell
a) Plasma membrane b) Mitochondrial inner membrane
c) Mitochondrial membrane d) Nuclear membrane
Q16. Mitochondria are semi autonomous as they possess
a) DNA b) DNA + RNA c) DNA + RNA + ribosomes d) protein
Q17. Which one of the following human cells does not contain mitochondria
a) Nerve cell b) Red blood cell
c) Liver cell d) White blood cell
Q18. The presence of DNA in mitochondria and chloroplast supports the hypothesis that
a) Mitochondria and chloroplast both originated as independent free living organisms
b) Glycolysis occurs in mitochondria and chloroplast both
c) ATP is produced in mitochondria and chloroplast both
d) Mitochondria and chloroplast undergo meiosis and independent of nucleus
Q19. In mitochondria, protons accumulate in the
a) Intermembrane space b) Matrix
c) outer membrane d) Inner membrane
Q20. Cell organelles found only in plants
a) Golgi complex b) Mitochondria
c) Plastids d) Ribosomes
Q21. In which, plastids are not found
a) Blue green algae b) Bacteria
c) Fungi d) All of the above
Q22. The chloroplast of algae usually lack
a) Grana b) Pigments
c) Quantasomes d) Lamellae
Q23. Quantasomes are found in
a) Mitochondria b) Chloroplast
c) Lysosome d) Endoplasmic reticulum
Q24. Match Column – I with Column – II and select the correct option
Column – I Column – II

(Type of Chloroplast) (Algae)

A. Cup shaped 1. Ulothrix

B. Girdle shaped 2. Oedogonium

C. Stellate 3. Chlamydomonas

D. Reticulate 4. Zygnema

a) A – 2, B – 4, C – 3, D – 1 b) A – 3, B – 1, C – 4, D – 2
c) A – 3, B-4, C-2,D-1 d) A – 4, B – 3, C – 1, D – 2
Q25.Mitochondria are related to
a) prokaryotes b) plasmids c) plastids d) viruses
Q26. Which of the following is maximum in chloroplast
a) RUBISCO b) hexokinase
c) Phosphatase d) nuclease
Q27 Periplastidal space is found in
a) between two thylakoids b) between two chloroplasts of a cell
c) between two intergrana lamallae d) between two membranes of a chloroplast
Q28 Red color of tomato is due to
a) β-carotene b) anthocyanin
c) lycopene d) erythrocyanin
Q29 plastids storing fats are called
a) elaioplasts b) sphaerosomes
c) amyloplasts d) adipocytes
Q30Chromoplasts are formed from chloroplasts during
a) ripening of tomato b) ripening of chili
c) development of carrot d) both a and b.
Q31 Examine the sectional view of chloroplast showing the different parts:

In which of the following options, all the four blanks A B, C and D are correctly identified:
a) A – granum, B – thylakoid, C – stroma, D – stromal lamellae.
b) A – thylakoids, B – granum, C – stromal lamellae, D – stroma.
c) A – granum, B – thylakoids, C – stromal lamellae, D – stroma.
d) A – thylakoid, B – stromal lamellae, C –stroma, D – granum.
Q32.number of thylakoids in a granum is
a) 10-100 b) 5-10
c) 100-200 d) 200-500
Q33 the inner membrane of the mitochondria is usually convoluted forming a series a infoldings known
as
a) thylakoids b) lamallae
c) cristae d) granum.
Q34 In chloroplast, chlorophyll is present in
a) outer membrane b) inner membrane
c) thylakoids d) stroma
Q35 which of the following statements regarding mitochondrial membrane is incorrect
a) the outer membrane resembles a sieve
b) the outer membrane is permeable to all types of molecules.
c) the enzymes of ETC are embedded in the outer membrane
d) the inner membrane is highly convoluted forming a series of infoldings.
Q36 what is common between chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts;
a) presence of pigments b) possessing of thylakoids and grana
c) storage of proteins, starch and lipids d) ability to multiply by binary fission
Q37 oxysomes are present on
a) the cell wall of algae b) outer membrane of mitochondria
c) inner membrane of mitochondria d) none of the above.
Q38 chondriosome was discovered by
a) Patum b) Sutton
c) Kolliker d) Benda
Q39 in higher plants the shape of chloroplast is
a) discoidal b) cup shaped
c) gridle shaped d) ribbon like.
Q 40 In higher plants the number of chloroplast are
a) only one b) 20-40
c) several hundred d) five lakh.