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CLASS : IX
BIOLOGY TEST – 1 DATE : ________
MAX MARKS : 25 TOPIC :: CELL TIME : 30 MIN.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. The question paper consists of only one subject (Biology 01 to 25).
2. All questions are Multiple Choice questions with single correct answer only and each question
has four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Each question carries
ONE mark.

BIOLOGY 06. Cell organelle that acts as a supporting

30 X 1 = 30M skeletal frame work of the cell is
01. It is also one of the major differentiation in a) Mitochondria
plants when compare to animals. Here ‘it’ b) Endoplasmic reticulum
means c) Golgi complex d) Nucleus
a) Cell membrane b) Golgi apparatus 07. Which of the following statements is
c) Big vacuole d) Microtubules incorrect?
02. Cell inclusions are a) Human RBC have the nucleus in the initial
a) Another name of cell organelles stage
b) Non-living materials present in the b) Mature RBC do not have nucleus
cytoplasm c) Red blood cells last for 120 days
c) Cytoskeletal frame work of cell d) Cells of the eye lens last for 15 years
d) Combined name for cell wall and cell 08. Statement-I: DNA is the universal genetic
membrane material.
03. Assertion (A): Plasma membrane allows only Statement-II: It transfers the genes from one
the movement of selected molecules across generation to next generation.
it and not all of them. a) Both statements are true
Reason (R): Plasma membranes are thick b) Both statements are false
walled substances.
c) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is false
a) A and R are correct, R is a correct
explanation of A d) Statement-I is false, Statement-II is true
b) A and R are correct, R is not a correct 09. Which of the following cell organelles which
explanation of A possesses two unit membranes in their
structure?
c) A is false but R is true
a) Lysosomes b) Mitochondria
d) A is true but R is false
c) Golgi complex
04. The idea ‘omnis cellula e cellula’ which means
that all living cells are arising from pre-existing d) Endoplasmic reticulum
cells was given by 10. The % of rRNA in eukaryotes is
a) Robert Brown b) Purkinje a) 75% b) 65% c) 55% d) 45%
c) Rudolf virchow d) Scheiden 11. Which of the following cell is able to swim ?
05. Name the organisms which do not possess a
well defined nucleus and membrane bound
cell organelles ?
a) b)
a) Eukaryotes b) Prokaryotes
c) Metazoans d) None of these

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 19. When an any material passes into a cell by
endocytosis and comes out by exocytosis
without having any damage is called
c) d) a) Pinocytophis b) Cytopemphis
c) Dinoflagellates d) Acetabulariates
12. One of the following is an exception to the 20. Which of the following is the intermediate of
‘cell theory’ the prokaryotes and eukaryotes. And do not
a) Bacteriab) Fungi c) Virus d) Lichens have deoxyribonucleo histones ?
13. Column-I Column-II a) Viruses b) Fungi c) Algae d) Bacteria
1) Amoeboid cells p) Nerve cells 21. It is the controlling centre of all cell activities
2) Kidney shaped cells q) White blood cells and has been described as the “brain of the
cell”. Here ‘it’ means
3) Wire like cells r) Guard cells
a) Cytoplasm b) Nucleus
a) 1-p; 2-q; 3-r b) 1-r; 2-p; 3-q
c) Ribosomes d) Mitochondria
c) 1-p; 2-q; 3-r d) 1-q; 2-r; 3-p
22. Which of the following is not correctly
14. Which of the following is/are found only in
matched according to their functions ?
plant cells ?
a) Chloroplast - Trap solar energy
a) Cell membrane b) Chloroplasts
b) Chromoplast - Attracts insects for
c) Cytoplasm d) Nucleus
pollination
15. Robert Hooke’s observations were published
c) Chlorophyll - Gives color to flowers and
in
fruits
a) Zerographia b) Micrographia
d) Leucoplasts - Store food in roots, stems
c) Biographia d) None of these
and seeds
16. Assertion (A): Mitochondria are often
23. The are absent in the cytoplasm and genetic
described as ‘Power house of the cell’.
material of bacteria cell respectively
Reason (R): Mitochondria is used to produce
a) Ribosomes and pentose sugars
more no. of ATP, which is used to bring about
energy requiring activities of the cell. b) Golgi bodies and histone proteins
a) A and R are correct, R is a correct c) Mesosomes and amino acids
explanation of A d) Chromatophores and DNA
b) A and R are correct, R is not a correct 24. When RBC is kept in 0.5 M solution of sucrose
explanation of A its volume does not alter, but if the same cell
c) A is false but R is true is placed in 0.5 M solution of sodium chloride
the volume of cell
d) A is true but R is false
a) increases b) decreases
17. Why do our cells have to undergo cell division ?
c) will be plasmolysedd) do not show change
I) To help us grow bigger in size
25. Fluid mosaic model of cell membrane
II) To replace cells that die proposed that
III) To help repair damaged parts of our a) A lipid bilayer is coated by a layer of
bodies proteins on each face
IV) To use up the food that is found in the b) A lipid bilayer is coated by a layer of
cells proteins on the outer surface only
a) I and II b) II, III and IV c) A lipid bilayer has proteins embedded in
c) I, II and III d) I, II, III and IV itself and none of the surface
d) A lipid bilayer has both embedded and
18. Hannah observed a cell under a microscope
outer proteins
and concluded that it was a plant cell. Which
of the following supported her conclusion ?
a) The cell had a regular shape
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c) The cell has no chloroplasts
d) The cell had more cytoplasm

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 BIOLOGY TEST-1
Class : IX (KEY SHEET) Date : _____________

TOPIC :: CELL

01) c 02) b 03) c 04) d 05) b

06) b 07) d 08) a 09) b 10) d

11) d 12) c 13) d 14) b 15) b

16) a 17) c 18) a 19) b 20) c

21) b 22) c 23) b 24) b 25) d

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