This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Stage in which the cell prepares to split. Everything gets ready. The chromosomes become visible. A) Metaphase. B) Prophase. C) Anaphase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prophase. 2. Which portion of mitosis involves chromatin condensing into chromosomes? A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) G$_{2}$. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prophase. 3. What form is DNA in during Interphase? A) Chromatin. B) Chromatid. C) Chromosome(s). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromatin. 4. Which organelle moves the chromosomes to opposite sides of the cell (like the poles of Earth)? A) Lysosomes. B) Nucleus. C) Centriole. D) Cell Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Centriole. 5. What is a group of organs working together to complete a series of tasks called? A) Complex. B) Organ system. C) Organ. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ system. 6. What happens after mitosis? A) A new cell membrane forms around each daughter cell. B) Two new identical nuclei form. C) The chromosomes begin to uncoil. D) The cytoplasm and its contents divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A new cell membrane forms around each daughter cell. 7. Before the reduction division, cells undergo Interphase I. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. Phase of cell growth prior to cell division A) S. B) G0. C) G1. D) G2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G1. 9. Our body are to adjust to changes because of the growth and repair that takes place at the ..... level? A) Cellular. B) Atomic. C) Tissue. D) Organ. E) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular. 10. A Bacteria divides every 20 minutes. If a culture containing 10$^{5 }$cells per ml is grown for 100 minutes, what will be the cell concentration per ml after 100 minutes. A) 32 * 10$^{5 }$. B) 30 * 10$^{5 }$. C) 64* 10$^{5 }$. D) 16 * 10$^{5}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32 * 10$^{5 }$. 11. What happens during the interphase of the cell cycle? A) The cell grows and prepares for division. B) The cell divides its cytoplasm. C) The chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell. D) The cell replicates its DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cell grows and prepares for division. 12. The cytoplasm divides in this stage of the cell cycle. A) Interphase. B) Cytokinesis. C) Telophase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytokinesis. 13. Which of these lists presents the stages of the cell cycle in the correct order? A) Mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis. B) Cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase. C) Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis. D) Interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis. 14. Chromosomes are visible in cell during A) S. B) G1. C) M. D) G2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M. 15. If a somatic (body) cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain A) 24. B) 6. C) 3. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 16. The purpose of apoptosis in a cell is: A) DNA Replication. B) Self-Destruction. C) Organelle Replication. D) Promote Cell Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Destruction. 17. In which phase of the cell cycle do the cells split apart? A) Mitosis. B) Interphase. C) Cytokinesis. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytokinesis. 18. The phase when chromosome becomes shorter and thicker then spindle fiber starts to form. A) Telophase. B) Prophase. C) Cell cycle. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prophase. 19. During interphase uncoiled DNA is called A) Chromosomes. B) Centriole. C) Chromatin. D) Spindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatin. 20. During which stage of interphase does preparation for cell division occur. A) S Phase. B) G2 Phase. C) C Phase. D) G1 Phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G2 Phase. 21. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding colchicine? A) It prevents assembly of microtubules. B) It inhibits chromosome replication. C) It is an alkaloid. D) It is called mitotic poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It inhibits chromosome replication. 22. Which biomolecule functions as a quick energy source? A) Lipids. B) Protein. C) Nucleic Acid. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbohydrates. 23. Which biomolecule contains your genetic code? A) Nucleic Acids. B) Carbohydrates. C) Proteins. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleic Acids. 24. Nucleolus and nuclear membrane start to disappear, chromatin condenses into chromosomes, and spindle fibers start to form. Name that Stage! A) Metaphase. B) Prophase. C) Interphase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prophase. 25. During gamete formation, the enzyme recombinase participates during A) Anaphase-II. B) Metaphase-I. C) Prophase-I. D) Prophase-II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophase-I. 26. The chromosomes are duplicated in: A) M phase. B) G2 phase. C) S phase. D) G1 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S phase. 27. TWO HYDROGEN BONDS ARE PRESENT BETWEEN A) GUANINE AND CYTOSINE. B) ADENINE AND THYMINE. C) ADENINE AND GUANINE. D) THYMINE AND CYTOSINE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ADENINE AND THYMINE. 28. What is the matrix of connective tissue composed of? A) Water plus soluble proteins. B) Collagen fibers only. C) Elastin fibers only. D) Water plus proteoglycans plus insoluble proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water plus proteoglycans plus insoluble proteins. 29. A cycle of growth, development, and dividion that most cells in organism go through. A) Cytokinesis. B) Cell cycle. C) Interphase. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell cycle. 30. In cytokinesis-the cytoplasm and its contents divide A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Which of the events listed below is not observed during mitosis? A) Appearance of chromosomes with two chromatids joined together at the centromere. B) Crossing over. C) Chromatin condensation. D) Movement of centrioles to opposite poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crossing over. 32. How many chromosomes do humans have? A) 50. B) 46. C) 23. D) 92. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 46. 33. The phase when chromosomes line up across the equator. A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) Telophase. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphase. 34. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell DNA is copied. A) G2. B) Mitosis/cytokinesis. C) G1. D) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S. 35. A pair of chromosomes that consists of XX is a ..... A) Male. B) Female. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female. 36. The structure seen in interphase that disappears during prophase is the ..... A) Chromosome. B) Nucleolus. C) Cell wall. D) Spindle fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleolus. 37. Which the best reason why cells are not smaller? A) Its volume exceeds its surface area, making transport difficult. B) There would not be enough room to fit all the cellular machinery. C) Osmosis would be inefficient. D) Cells would be unable to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There would not be enough room to fit all the cellular machinery. 38. What phases of the cell cycle make up what is known as interphase? A) Synthess ; Mitosis ; Cytokinesis. B) G1 ; Synthesis ; G2. C) G1 ; Mitosis ; Cytokinesis. D) G2 ; Mitosis ; Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G1 ; Synthesis ; G2. 39. During mistosis ER and nucleolus begin to disappear at A) Late prophase. B) Early metaphase. C) Late metaphase. D) Early prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late prophase. 40. What are the identical copies of a chromosome called? A) Homologous Chromosomes. B) Centromeres. C) Sister Chromatids. D) Chromatin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sister Chromatids. 41. Where does the cell spend most of its life? A) Prophase. B) Anaphase. C) Interphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interphase. 42. What happens during mitosis? A) The chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell. B) The cell divides its cytoplasm. C) The nucleus and its contents divide. D) The cell replicates its DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nucleus and its contents divide. 43. Which of these cells divides the least? A) Liver cell. B) Skin cell. C) Blood cell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liver cell. 44. The four cells that are produced after Meiosis are ..... A) Haploid because they contain just half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. B) Diploid because they contain as many chromosomes as the parent cell. C) Diploid because they contain twice as many chromosomes as the parent cell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haploid because they contain just half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. 45. During which stage of mitosis do chromosomes line up at the cell's center? A) Metaphase. B) Anaphase. C) Prophase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphase. 46. During which phase of the cell cycle does the cell prepare for division? A) Anaphase. B) Interphase. C) Prophase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interphase. 47. Amitosis usually occurs in A) Prokaryotic Cells. B) Eukaryotic cells. C) Spore mother cells. D) Meristems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prokaryotic Cells. 48. Thread-like material that contains DNA A) Chromatin. B) Spindle Fibers. C) Centromere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromatin. 49. Which basic process happens during mitosis? A) Division of the cytoplasm. B) DNA replication. C) Division of the nucleus. D) Protein production protein production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Division of the nucleus. 50. One difference between a cancel cell and a normal cell is that A) Cancer cells cannot make copies of DNA. B) Normal cells divide uncontrollably. C) Cancer cells divide uncontrollably. D) Normal cells cannot make copies of DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cancer cells divide uncontrollably. 51. The phase when chromosomes are pulled apart by the spindle fiber. A) Telophase. B) Cell cycle. C) Anaphase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphase. 52. Which protein is involved in initiating apoptosis? A) P53. B) Cdk. C) Kinase. D) Cyclin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P53. 53. What is the correct order of nuclear division? A) Prometaphase, metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase. B) Prophase, anaphase, prometaphase, metaphase, telophase. C) Prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase. D) Telophase, anaphase, metaphase, prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase. 54. A cell that is has not become a specialized cell is A) A stem cell. B) A carcinogen. C) A prokaryote. D) A eukaryote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A stem cell. 55. Interphase is followed by a shorter phase of the cell cycle called ..... A) Mitotic phase. B) Telophase. C) Anaphase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitotic phase. 56. What is chromatin? A) A tightly packed form of DNA found during cell division. B) A less condensed form of DNA found in the nucleus during interphase. C) A structure that protects DNA from damage. D) A type of RNA that helps in protein synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A less condensed form of DNA found in the nucleus during interphase. 57. Crossing is an enzyme-mediated process. The enzyme is- A) DNA ligase. B) DNAase. C) Recombinase. D) RNAase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombinase. 58. Structures that contain DNA A) Chromatin. B) Cell division. C) Chromosomes. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromosomes. 59. What do we call the cycle of growth, development and division in living things? A) Interphase. B) Mitosis. C) Cell cycle. D) Life cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell cycle. 60. Which of the following is NOT listed as a source of genetic variation in sexual reproduction? A) Independent assortment in meiosis. B) Crossing over in meiosis. C) Random fertilization. D) Mutation during DNA replication. 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