2nd year Biology

MCQS
CHAPTER 21
CELL CYCLE
1) The sequence of changes in cell during cell cycle
(a) Period of growth (b) replication of DNA (c) cell division (d) all of these
2) Period of growth, replication of DNA and cell division are collectively called as
(a) interphase (b) prophase (c) metaphase (d) cell cycle
3) Cell cycle has phases
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) a & b both (d) None
4) Cell cycle has phases
(a) Interphase (b) mitotic phase (c) meiotic phase (d) a and b both
5) The phase of cycle which does not show clear division is
(a) Prophase (b) metaphase (c) interphase (d) none
6) The period of division in cell cycle is
(a) Mitotic phase (b) telophase (c) interphase (d) All of these
7) Interphase also called as
(a) Resting phase (b) division phase (c) growing phase (d) Both a & c
8) The period of cell cycle which show enormous biochemical activity
(a) Interphase (b) prophase (c) metaphase (d) All of these
9) Interphase has phases
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) no phase
10) The special stage in interphase is
(a) GO-phase (b) G1-phase (c) S-phase (d) All of these
11) The period of extensive metabolic activity during the interphase of cell cycle is
(a) G1-phase (b) G2-phase (c) S-phase (d) All of these
12) Accumulation of adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine occurs in
(a) G1-phase (b) interphase (c) both a and b (d) All of these
13) Cell normally grows in size during phase of apparent cell division
(a) G1-phase (b) S-phase (c) None (d) All of these
14) In which stage of resting phase of cell cycle enzymes are synthesized
(a) G1-phase (b) S-phase (c) G2-phase (d) All of these
15) The cells that exite the G1-phas are
(a) Post mitotic cells (b) nerve cells (c) a and b (d) all of these
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16) The length of S-phase in interphase is about

(a) 10 hours (b) 5 hours (c) 3 hours (d) 24 hours
17) The type of cell division that maintain equal number of chromosomes
(a) Mitosis (b) Meiosis (c) interphase (d) All of these
18) Haploid and diploid cells divide by
(a) Meiosis (b) Mitosis (c) Both a and b (d) All of these
19) Which phase occurs first in mitosis
(a) karyokinesis (b) Cytokinesis (c) interphase (d) prophase
20) The visible thread like structure in nucleus is
(a) Chromatin (b) DNA (c) Both a and b (d) None
21) The phase which ensures the equal distribution of chromatids in daughter cell is
(a) Anaphase (b) Telophase (c) Metaphase (d) Prophase
22) The microtubules, asters and sipndles collectively called as
(a) Mitotic apparatus (b) Mitosis (c) Kinetochore (d) None
23) The special area at the centromere is
(a) Kinetochore (b) spindle (c) Aster (d) All of these
24) Mitotic apparatus disappears in
(a) Mataphase (b) Prophase (c) Anaphase (d) Telophase
25) The membrane structure in the plant cell at the time of cytokinesis is
(a) phragmoplast (b) leukoplast (c) chromoplast (d) a is correct option
26) The healing of wound is due to
(b) Meiosis (b) Mitosis (c) cell division (d) Both b and c
27) Crossing over occurs in
(b) Mitosis (b) Meiosis (c) prophase (d) Metaphase
28) Cell cycle has phases
(b) 2 (b) 3 (c) a & b both (d) None
29) The process of cloning due to the help of
(b) Meiosis (b) Mitosis (c) None (d) All of these
30) Cancer cells have nucleus than cytoplasm
(b) Bigger (b) Smaller (c) Biggest (d) None

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