This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During which stage of the cell cycle chromosome appear most distinctly bearing their characteristic "X" like shape? A) Interphase. B) Metaphase. C) Anaphase. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphase. 2. Cells of organism must replicate for? A) Growth. B) Repair of damaged cells. C) Replacement of dying cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. Which description below describe cell differentiation in animals? A) Occurs in meristems and produces different types of cells with specialized structures and functions. B) Occurs in stem cells and are either assigned a job or are important for repair and replacement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occurs in stem cells and are either assigned a job or are important for repair and replacement. 4. The ..... pulls the sister chromatids apart during mitosis or meiosis 2 A) Centromere. B) Spindle fibres. C) Kinetochore. D) Cell plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spindle fibres. 5. In the cell cycle keep cells from moving to the next stage before certain conditions are met. A) RNA. B) Replication. C) Cancer. D) Checkpoints. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Checkpoints. 6. A nucleic acid that is a code to build a protein A) Telophase. B) DNA Replication. C) Genes. D) RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RNA. 7. Reproduction that is faster and uses less energy A) Sexual. B) Asexual. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asexual. 8. During interphase, the nuclei of an animal cell and a plant cell contain long strands of DNA called ..... A) Chloroplasts. B) Spindle fibers. C) Chromatin. D) Phospholipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatin. 9. What is the number of chromosomes in the end products of meiosis if meiocyte is 4n? A) 2n. B) 3n. C) N. D) 4n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2n. 10. The cells produced via meiosis are called: A) Body cells. B) Gametes. C) Skin cells. D) Somatic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gametes. 11. What process ensures that new cells have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell? A) Meiosis. B) Photosynthesis. C) Mitosis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitosis. 12. A cycle of growth, development, and division thatmost cells in an organism go through A) Centromere. B) Mitosis. C) Daughter cells. D) Cell cycle. E) Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell cycle. 13. What is different between how plant and animal cells use the cell cycle? A) Animal cells create a cell plate since they are very flexible. B) Plant cells are able to complete the cell cycle without using O2, but animals can not. C) Plant cells use the cell cycle for energy, while animal cells use the cell cycle for sugar. D) Plant cells create a cell plate since they are very rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant cells create a cell plate since they are very rigid. 14. During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated? A) G2 phase. B) M phase. C) G1 phase. D) S phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S phase. 15. How many daughter cells result from the M phase? A) One. B) Three. C) Four. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 16. Between which stages of the cell cycle the first check-point occurs? A) G0 to G1. B) S to G2. C) G1 to S. D) G2 to Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G1 to S. 17. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle? A) Interphase. B) Prophase. C) Mitosis. D) Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interphase. 18. The nuclear membrane is formed around the newly-formed sets of daughter chromosomes during telophase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Meiosis results in the production of A) 4 diploid cells. B) 4 haploid cells. C) 2 haploid cells. D) 2 diploid cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 haploid cells. 20. In what stage during the cell preparation does the cell replicate its DNA? A) Gap Phase 1. B) G$_{0}$ Phase. C) Synthesis Phase. D) Gap Phase 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis Phase. 21. All of the following statements are true for the typical eukaryotic cell cycle EXCEPT: A) The S phase is far removed from cell division. B) G$_{1}$ occurs after the S phase. C) The shortest phase in terms of time is usually M. D) Many of the enzymes necessary for DNA replication are typically produced during G$_{1}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G$_{1}$ occurs after the S phase. 22. What is a series of events a cell goes through as they grow and divide? A) Cell Division. B) Cytokinesis. C) Mitosis. D) Cell Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell Cycle. 23. At the end of ..... cytokinesis is completed. A) Interphase. B) Metaphase. C) Telophase. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telophase. 24. Colchicine is a cell poison which arrests cell division at ..... and can induce ..... A) Metaphase, parthenocarpy. B) Metaphase, polyploidy. C) Anaphase, parthenocarpy. D) Anaphase, polyploidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphase, polyploidy. 25. Splitting of centromere and hence separation of chromatids occur during A) Anaphase of mitosis. B) Anaphase of meiosis I. C) Anaphase of meiosis II. D) Both (a) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c). 26. Which of the following cannot be attributed to Anaphase? A) Sister chromatids are drawn apart towards different poles of the cell. B) The centromere divides. C) The cell begins to furrow. D) Sister chromatids remain attached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sister chromatids remain attached. 27. At which phase of mitosis do sister chromatids separate? A) Telophase. B) Metaphase. C) Prophase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphase. 28. In animal cells, centriole duplication occurs during: A) Go phase. B) M phase. C) S phase. D) G1 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S phase. 29. Which of these structures is present in animal cells but not in higher plant cells? A) Centromere. B) Chromatid. C) Centriole. D) Chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Centriole. 30. Repeating sequence of growth and division in the life of a cell. A) Mitosis. B) Cell Cycle. C) Cytokinesis. D) Cell Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell Cycle. 31. Why is it important for cells of multicellular organisms to undergo mitosis? A) Mitosis allows for reproduction with male and female gametes. B) Mitosis increases variation within an organism. C) Mitosis produces cells that are different from the original dividing cell. D) Mitosis produces cells that are identical to the original dividing cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitosis produces cells that are identical to the original dividing cell. 32. What is the result of DNA replication? A) DNA is copied resulting in 2 identical chromosomes. B) DNA Overload. C) Interphase. D) Chromosome Segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA is copied resulting in 2 identical chromosomes. 33. In what phase of mitosis do the nuclear membranes reform around each set of chromosomes? A) Metaphase. B) Interphase. C) Prophase. D) Telophase. E) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telophase. 34. The final STAGE of cell division A) Interphase. B) Mitosis. C) Cytokinesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytokinesis. 35. In a biology class, Nora, Aria, and Henry are discussing human cells. They are trying to figure out how many chromosomes a normal human cell will have after a complete cell cycle. Can you help them? A) 23. B) 47. C) 92. D) 46. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 46. 36. Chromosomes are ..... A) Cell Membrane. B) DNA. C) Whole Cells. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DNA. 37. In which phase of Mitosis do the Chromosomes pull Apart A) Anaphase. B) Prophase. C) Metaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphase. 38. Synthesis mean to ..... A) To break. B) To create. C) To hold. D) To repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create. 39. What happens to the nuclear membrane during prophase? A) It breaks down. B) It becomes more rigid. C) It duplicates itself. D) It disappears completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It breaks down. 40. Why do cells go through cell division A) Growth. B) Reproduction. C) Repair. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. What are homologous chromosomes? A) Two chromosomes of different sizes and shapes from each parent. B) Two chromosomes of the same size and shape, one originating from each parent, with the same genes and same alleles. C) Two chromosomes of the same size and shape, one originating from each parent, with different genes. D) Two chromosomes of the same size and shape, one originating from each parent, with the same genes but different alleles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two chromosomes of the same size and shape, one originating from each parent, with the same genes but different alleles. 42. When cells go through mitosis repeatedly without entering interphase, this results A) Diabetes. B) Mutation. C) Arthritis. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cancer. 43. What is the DNA wrapped with to form chromatin? A) Histone proteins. B) Lipids. C) Carbohydrates. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Histone proteins. 44. What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis? A) Mitosis produces genetically diverse cells; meiosis produces identical cells. B) Mitosis occurs in somatic cells; meiosis occurs in germ cells. C) Mitosis produces identical cells; meiosis produces genetically diverse cells. D) Mitosis is a type of asexual reproduction; meiosis is a type of sexual reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitosis produces identical cells; meiosis produces genetically diverse cells. 45. During Metaphase where do the chromosomes line up? A) Outside the cell. B) Middle of the cell. C) Around the Cell. D) Edges of the Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle of the cell. 46. What is one reason why we need meiosis? A) To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells. B) To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells. C) To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells. D) To not change the number of chromosomes going into sex cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells. 47. Process by which cells become different types of cells A) Cell Differentiation. B) Interphase. C) Mitotic Phase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell Differentiation. 48. The process by which cells become specialized is known as? A) Stem cell research. B) Totipotent cell strucutre. C) Embryonic development. D) Cell differentiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell differentiation. 49. During the metaphase, the ..... line up in the middle, and each attaches to one of the spindle fibers. A) Nucleus. B) Cell wall. C) Chromosomes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromosomes. 50. A pair of similar chromosomes are called: A) Homocellular. B) Homologous. C) Homocycular. D) Homonucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homologous. 51. Longest phase where the cell grows, replicates DNA and prepares to divide. A) Anaphase. B) Telophase. C) Interphase. D) Prophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interphase. 52. Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue? A) Blood. B) Cartilage. C) Nervous tissue. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous tissue. 53. Chromosomes duplicate, the cell grows and develops A) Anaphase. B) Interphase. C) Telophase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interphase. 54. During which phase do chromosomes align at the metaphase plate? A) Prophase. B) Telophase. C) Metaphase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphase. 55. Gas pedal Controls rate of cell growth and differentiation A) Mutated tumor suppressor genes. B) Tumor Suppressor genes. C) Oncogenes. D) Proto-oncogenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proto-oncogenes. 56. How does cancer spread to other parts of the body? A) Infection. B) Inheritance. C) Mutation. D) Metastasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metastasis. 57. True or False.Mitosis is made up of 5 phases. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. -Ensures DNA was replicated properly (repairs in DNA will happen if not)-Ensures cell is ready for division A) G2 checkpoint. B) G1 checkpoint. C) M checkpoint. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G2 checkpoint. 59. One chromosome is made up of two A) Centrioles. B) Chromes. C) Chromatids. D) Controls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatids. 60. In a diploid cell, if number of chromosomes is (2n= 8) in G1 phase, then the number of chromosomes in G2 phase is- A) 4. B) 8. C) 80. D) 16. 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