This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During most of interphase, DNA is found in a relaxed form called A) Centromere. B) Chromatin. C) Centriole. D) Chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromatin. 2. Which of the following happens in telophase? A) Chromosomes relax. B) Chromosomes line up. C) Chromosomes move to opposite poles. D) Chromosomes condense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromosomes relax. 3. During meisosis I in humans, one of the daughter cells receives A) Only maternal chromosomes. B) A mixture of maternal and paternal chromosomes. C) Same number of chromosomes as present in parent cell. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mixture of maternal and paternal chromosomes. 4. What are the products of the Meiosis/meiotic cell division? A) 2 haploid daughter cells. B) 4 diploid daughter cells. C) 2 diploid daughter cells. D) 4 haploid daughter cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 haploid daughter cells. 5. Cell division involves ..... & ..... A) Mitosis & meiosis. B) Mitosis & cytokinesis. C) Interphase & cytokinesis. D) Interphase & mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis & cytokinesis. 6. What disappears during prophase? A) Centrioles. B) Spindle fibers. C) Nucleolus and nuclear membrane. D) Cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleolus and nuclear membrane. 7. During the S phase A) The daughter cell doubles in size and recovers from mitosis. B) The DNA is copied in preparation for mitosis. C) The cell prepares for cell division right before mitosis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The DNA is copied in preparation for mitosis. 8. What happens to guard cells when they become turgid? A) Guard cells become flaccid. B) Stoma closes. C) Guard cells lose water. D) Stoma opens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stoma opens. 9. The cell cycle creates two cells that are A) Different from the starting cell and identical to each other. B) Different from the starting cell and different from each other. C) Identical to the starting cell and different from each other. D) Identical to the starting cell and identical to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identical to the starting cell and identical to each other. 10. Process by which new cells are produced from one parent cell. A) Chromatin. B) Chromosome. C) Identical. D) Cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell division. 11. What is the term for the process of cell division in which the cytoplasm of the cell is divided into two daughter cells? A) Chromosome Segregation. B) Cytokinesis. C) DNA Replication. D) DNA Overload. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytokinesis. 12. What occurs during telophase of mitosis? A) Centromeres divide. B) Nuclear membranes reappear. C) Chromosomes condense. D) Spindle apparatus forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear membranes reappear. 13. What is referred to as an essential biological process in which a parent cell divides, giving rise to two or more daughter cells? A) Cell Division. B) Cell Cycle. C) Cell Movement. D) Cell Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell Division. 14. The nitrogenous base adenine always pairs with: A) Cytosine. B) Thymine. C) Guanine. D) Thiamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thymine. 15. Chromatid pairs line up in the middle of the cell. A) Metaphase. B) Anaphase. C) Interphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphase. 16. What does the M phase represent in the cell cycle? A) Cell growth. B) Interphase. C) Cell division. D) DNA replication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell division. 17. In what phase do the chromosomes get pulled apart into sister chromatid to opposite sides of the cell? A) Prophase. B) Interphase. C) Metaphase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphase. 18. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle, when the cell grows and prepares to divide? A) Interphase. B) Telophase. C) Anaphase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interphase. 19. What is a possible factor that regulates cell division? A) Cell shape. B) Cell color. C) Cell size. D) Cell location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell size. 20. Cells that rarely divide will spend most of their time in what particular phase of the cell cycle? A) G2. B) S. C) Go. D) G1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G1. 21. Which would happen if a cell undergoes mitosis, but not cytokinesis? A) The cell would have two nuclei. B) The cell would not have a nucleus. C) The cell would have a small nucleus. D) The cell would have one large nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cell would have two nuclei. 22. The first phase of mitosis is called ..... A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) Prophase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophase. 23. Which of the following is the shortest phase of entire cell cycle? A) Interphase. B) Metaphase. C) Telophase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphase. 24. How do plant cells undergo cytokinesis? A) By dissolving the cell wall. B) By splitting the nucleus. C) By forming a cell plate. D) By forming a furrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By forming a cell plate. 25. During ..... , the chromosomes divide into two sets that start to move away from each other towards the opposite poles. A) Metaphase. B) Telophase. C) Prophase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphase. 26. During which phase of mitosis do chromosomes unwind? A) Cytokinesis. B) Telophase. C) Metaphase. D) G$_{1}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telophase. 27. What kinds of molecules make up the rungs of the DNA molecule? A) Starches. B) Phosphates. C) Nitrogen bases. D) Sugars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen bases. 28. Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis? A) Blood cells. B) Muscle cells. C) Skin cells. D) Sperm cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sperm cells. 29. Which of the following statements about stem cells is true? A) They are undifferentiated cells located in the brain stem. B) They are larger than regular somatic cells that can be used to absorb broken cells. C) They are cells that grow uncontrollably. D) They are undifferentiated cells that can turn into different cell types. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are undifferentiated cells that can turn into different cell types. 30. What is a group of similar types of cells that work together to carry out specific tasks called? A) Organ system. B) Complex. C) Organ. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue. 31. During which phase does DNA replication occur? A) G2 phase. B) M phase. C) S phase. D) G1 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S phase. 32. During which phase of Meiosis I do tetrads line up on the metaphase plate? A) Telophase I. B) Prophase I. C) Metaphase I. D) Anaphase I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphase I. 33. What is the correct order for the phases of Interphase? A) G1, S, G2. B) G2, S, G1. C) S, G1, G2. D) G1, G2, S. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G1, S, G2. 34. During which phase does DNA synthesis occur? A) M phase. B) S phase. C) G1 phase. D) G2 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S phase. 35. Which of the following event takes place in zygotene? A) Synapsis. B) Crossing over. C) More than one. D) Formation of bivalents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than one. 36. Which of the following is the longest phase of mitosis? A) Metaphase. B) G$_{1}$. C) Prophase. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophase. 37. Cells X and Y underwent mitosis but marked differences were observed in the way they divided.Cell X did not change shape prior to mitosis but cell Y did. Spindles formed during division were anastral in cell X but amphiastral in cell Y. Identify cell X and cell Y. A) X-Chondrocyte Y-Leucocyte. B) X-Root apical meristematic cell Y-Epithelial cell. C) X-Red blood cell Y-Collenchyma cell. D) X-Parenchyma cell Y-Shoot apical meristematic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-Root apical meristematic cell Y-Epithelial cell. 38. Avery, Daniel, and Mia are studying biology and come across a concept that describes a series of events a cell goes through as they grow and divide. What is this concept called? A) Cell Division. B) Mitosis. C) Cytokinesis. D) Cell Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell Cycle. 39. A cell that undergoes repeated mitosis without cytokinesis would have A) Many daughter cells. B) Fewer chromosomes. C) Many nuclei. D) Cancerous properties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many nuclei. 40. Which of the following statements is TRUE about cell division? A) Cell division is only important for growth and development. B) Cell division is a random process. C) Cell division is not necessary for the repair and regeneration of tissues. D) Cell division is a highly regulated process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell division is a highly regulated process. 41. What is the significance of meiosis in terms of genetic variation? A) It reduces the number of chromosomes by half. B) It increases the vulnerability of species to environmental changes. C) It produces identical offspring. D) It introduces variation within a species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It introduces variation within a species. 42. What is the division of a cell's nucleus and contents called? A) Mitosis. B) Stem cell. C) Centromere. D) Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitosis. 43. The DNA of an organism can be found inside the cytoplasm. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 44. These cells do not undergo cell division. A) Skin. B) Brain. C) Lung. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 45. The absorption of nutrients is determined by ..... A) The cell's DNA. B) The cell's surface area. C) The cell's ribosomes. D) The cell's volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cell's surface area. 46. What separates/unwinds the two strands of old DNA, forming the replication fork A) Helicase. B) DNA Polymerase. C) Okazaki fragments. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helicase. 47. Chromatids are pulled apart and move towards opposite ends of the cell. A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) Telophase. D) Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphase. 48. The amount of nutrients needed is determined by ..... A) The cell's Rough ER. B) The cell's volume. C) The cell's surface area. D) The cell's Smooth ER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cell's volume. 49. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell A) Prophase. B) Metaphase. C) Anaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphase. 50. A scientist wants to change the DNA of a sexually reproducing organism and have the new DNA present in every cell of the organism. In order to do this after fertilization, she would change the DNA in which of the following? A) Testes of the father. B) Zygote. C) Ovaries of the mother. D) Placenta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zygote. 51. What happens in the first part of Interphase? A) DNA Replication. B) Mitosis. C) Cell Growth. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell Growth. 52. What is the purpose of cell division in multicellular organisms? A) To maintain homeostasis in the body. B) To regulate the body's temperature. C) To store excess nutrients in the cells. D) To allow for growth, repair, and the production of new cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To allow for growth, repair, and the production of new cells. 53. DNA replication occurs during which of the following phases? A) G1. B) G2. C) S. D) G0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. 54. The final stage of the cell cycle is called: A) Mitosis. B) Daughter cells. C) Cytokinesis. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytokinesis. 55. During which stage of the cell cycle does the cell membrane pinchthe cell into two daughter cells? A) Prophase. B) Cytokinesis. C) Interphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytokinesis. 56. Spindle usually persists in the form of ..... during ..... method of cytokinesis. A) Cell plate, cleavage. B) Phragmoplast, cleavage. C) Phragmoplast, cell plate. D) Cell plate, cell plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phragmoplast, cell plate. 57. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogen base sequenceTACCAGAA what would be the comp, ementary (opposite) strand sequence? A) TTCTGGTA. B) ATGGTCTT. C) AAGACCAT. D) TACCAGAA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ATGGTCTT. 58. Why are cells so small? A) Large ratio of surface area to volume. B) 'cuz mama said. C) They don't drink enough milk. D) They don't eat enough vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large ratio of surface area to volume. 59. Stem cells can be obtained from A) Embryos. B) Some adult tissues. C) Umbilical cord blood. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. While in mitosis, the daughter cells resembles each other and also the parent cell; in meiosis they differ not only from parent cell in having half the number of chromosomes, but also differ among themselves qualitatively in genetic constitution due to A) Segregation and crossing over only. B) Independent assortment and segregation only. C) Independent assortment and crossing over only. D) Crossing over, independent assortment and segregation. 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