Cell Cycle and Cell Division MCQ Questions for Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 with Answers

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Q1. In mitosis, nuclear envelope and nucleolus disappear during

(i) Metaphase
(ii) Interphase
(iii) Prophase
(iv) Telophase

(iii) Prophase


Q2. In plants apical cells and the cambium tissue continue to divide all their life, they are called.

(i) Meristemic tissue
(ii) cambium tissue
(iii) equational division
(iv) syneytium

(i) Meristemic tissue.


Q3. Which one is not a significance of meiosis division?

(i) Formation of spores and gametes
(ii) New recombination of genes
(iii) Number of chromosome remain same
(iv) Number of chromosome reduced to half

(iii) Number of chromosome remain same


Q4. During cell division, sometimes there will be failure of separation of sister chromatids. This event is called

(i) non-disjunction
(ii) coincidence
(iii) complementation
(iv) interference

(i) non-disjunction


Q5. The centrioles, in animal cells, initiate their replication in the cytoplasm during.

(i) G1 phase
(ii) G2 phase
(iii) S phase
(iv) None of these phases.

(ii) G2 phase.


Q6. Karyokinesis is the term used for

(i) division of cytoplasm
(ii) division of nucleoplasm
(iii) division of nucleus
(iv) separation of daughter chromosomes

(iv) separation of daughter chromosomes


Q7. Cell division is initiated in plants by

(i) Cytokinin
(ii) Abscisic acid
(iii) Gibberellin
(iv) Auxin

(i) Cytokinin


Q8. Four daughter cells formed after meiosis are

(i) genetically different
(ii) multinucleate
(iii) genetically similar
(iv) anucleate

(i) genetically different


Q9. The S phase marks the period during which replication of DNA takes place. It is during this time that the content of DNA doubles, from

(i) 2C to 4C
(ii) 4C to 2C
(iii) (1n or 2n)
(iv) (2n or 1n)

(i) 2C to 4C.


Q10. If you are provided with root-tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into:

(i) Prophase
(ii) Anaphase
(iii) Telophase
(iv) Metaphase

(iv) Metaphase


Q11. The mechanism of distributing centriole pairs to the daughter cells is called

(i) Equational division
(ii) Haplontic division
(iii) Astral division
(iv) Reductional division

(iii) Astral division


Q12. Chromosome duplication without nuclear division refers to

(i) mitosis
(ii) endomitosis
(iii) meiosis
(iv) androgenesis

(i) mitosis


Q13. Yeast cell can progress through all the four stages of the cell cycle in only about:

(i) 60 minutes
(ii) 90 minutes
(iii) 30 minutes
(iv) 45 minutes.

(ii) 90 minutes


Q14. Cell plate grows from

(i) walls to the centre
(ii) centre to the walls
(iii) in patches
(iv) simultaneously

(ii) centre to the walls


Q15. Spindle fibres attach on to

(i) Telomere of the chromosome
(ii) Kinetochore of the chromosome
(iii) Centromere of the chromosome
(iv) Kinetosome of the chromosome

(ii) Kinetochore of the chromosome


Q16. The stage between two meiotic divisions is called interkinesis and

(i) Is generally short lived and followed by prophase II
(ii) Involves duplication of genes and centrioles
(iii) Is followed by prophase I
(iv) Is long lived

(i) Is generally short lived and followed by prophase II


Q17. Life starts from a single cell in plants and animals called

(i) Cell
(ii) Zygote
(iii) Tissue
(iv) Growth

(ii) zygote


Q18. The major event that occurs during the anaphase of mitosis, which brings about the equal distribution of chromosomes, is

(i) splitting of the centromeres
(ii) splitting of the chromatids
(iii) replication of the genetic material
(iv) condensation of the chromatin

(i) splitting of the centromeres


Q19. In meiosis crossing over is initiated at

(i) Pachytene
(ii) Leptotene
(iii) Zygotene
(iv) Diplotene

(i) Pachytene


Q20. Which one of the following events is incorrect for cell cycle?

(i) All events are under genetic control
(ii) Maximum cell growth occurs in M-phase
(iii) DNA synthesis occurs only during one specific
(iv) Centriole duplication occurs in S-phase

(i) All events are under genetic control


Q21. In some organisms karyokinesis is not followed by cytokinesis as a result of which multinucleate condition arises which is called:

(i) Syncytium
(ii) Meiosis I
(iii) Cell-plate
(iv) Meiosis II

(i) Syncytium.


Q22. Meiosis occurs for the human female in

(i) Pancreas
(ii) Liver
(iii) Ovary
(iv) Kidney

(iii) Ovary


Q23. Chromosome appeared beaded during

(i) Diplotene
(ii) Leptotene
(iii) Diakinesis
(iv) Panchytene

(ii) Leptotene


Q24. Lampbrush chromosomes are seen in which typical stage?

(i) Meiotic prophase
(ii) Mitotic prophase
(iii) Mitotic anaphase
(iv) Mitotic metaphase

(i) Meiotic prophase


Q25. In Meiosis, the chromatids separate during

(i) Metaphase I
(ii) Anaphase I
(iii) Anaphase II
(iv) Metaphase II

(iii) Anaphase II.


Q26. How many chromosomes are there in onion root tip cell?

(i) 06
(ii) 16
(iii) 26
(iv) 36

(ii) 16


Q27. Astral body are formed of

(i) Microtubules
(ii) Intermediate filaments
(iii) Microfilaments
(iv) Microvilli

(i) Microtubules


Q28. Which of the following is true of kineto-chores?

(i) They are organized so that there is one per sister chromatid in meiosis
(ii) They are localized at the centromere of each chromosome
(iii) They are the sites where microtubules attach to separate the chromosomes.
(iv) All of the above

(iv) All of above


Q29. The term meiosis was coined by

(i) Blackman
(ii) Flemming
(iii) Robertson
(iv) Former and Moore.

(iv) Former and Moore.


Q30. Which of the following cellular structures always disappears during mitosis and meiosis?

(i) Plasma membrane
(ii) Nucleolus and nuclear envelope
(iii) Plastids
(iv) none of these

(ii) Nucleolus and nuclear envelope


Q31. Which of the following statements is not true for cancer cells in relation to mutations?

(i) Mutations in proto-oncogenes accelerate the cell cycle.
(ii) Mutations destroy telomerase inhibitor.
(iii) Mutations inactive the cell control.
(iv) Mutations inhibit production of telomerase.

(iv) Mutations inhibit production of telomerase.


Q32. Hammerling’s experiments of Acetabularia involved exchanging

(i) cytoplasm
(ii) nucleus
(iii) rhizoid and stalk
(iv) gametes

(ii) nucleus


Q33. In which stage the chromosomes appear as thin long thread?

(i) Leptotene
(ii) Zygotene
(iii) Prophase
(iv) Pachytene.

(i) Leptotene.


Q34. Centromere is a constituent of

(i) Ribosome
(ii) ER
(iii) Chromosome
(iv) Mitochondrion

(iii) Chromosome


Q35. The number of chromosome and the amount of DNA are changed in

(i) Metaphase and M phase
(ii) Anaphase and S phase
(iii) Interphase and S phase
(iv) None of these

(ii) Anaphase and S phase


Q36. Balbiani rings (puffs) are sites of

(i) DNA replication
(ii) RNA and protein synthesis
(iii) synthesis of polysaccharides
(iv) synthesis of lipids

(ii) RNA and protein synthesis


Q37. In between two walls of adjacent cells are seen

(i) Cell wall
(ii) Cytoplasm
(iii) Middle lamellae
(iv) Plasma membrane

(iii) Middle lamellae


Q38. Crossing over in diploid organism is responsible for

(i) dominance of genes
(ii) linkage between genes
(iii) segregation of alleles
(iv) recombination of linked alleles

(iv) recombination of linked alleles


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