This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Science > The Fundamental Unit Of Life > Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cell wall of which one of these is not made up of cellulose? A) Cactus. B) Hydrilla. C) Mango tree. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mango tree. 2. Which of the following controls all biological activities of a cell? A) Cell wall. B) Nucleus. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 3. Which of the following is known as "Kitchen of the cell" A) Cell wall. B) Ribosomes. C) Chromosomes. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloroplast. 4. Transporting channels of the cell- A) Golgi Complex. B) IS. C) Nucleus. D) Mitochondria. E) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IS. 5. Chromosomes are made up of A) DNA. B) RNA. C) DNA and protein. D) Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA and protein. 6. Which of these is not related to endoplasmic reticulum?(a) It behaves as transport channel for proteins between nucleus andcytoplasm(b) It transports materials between various regions in cytoplasm(c) It can be the site of energy generation(d) It can be the site for some biochemical activities of the cell A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 7. The phenomenon where cytoplasms shrink in a hypertonic medium is called: A) Plasmolysis. B) Don't know the answer. C) Frontolysis. D) Acidolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasmolysis. 8. Osmosis is the movement of ..... A) Salt. B) Sugar. C) Water. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 9. Powerhouse of a cell is ..... A) Ribosomes. B) Mitochondria. C) Vacuole. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 10. What is the intracellular source of digestive enzyme? A) Ribosome. B) Lysosome. C) Endoplasmic Reticulum. D) Centrioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lysosome. 11. In a cell DNA is found in ..... A) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid. B) Nucleus, mitochondria and Golgi body. C) Mitochondria, Golgi body and plastid. D) Nucleus, Golgi body and plastid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid. 12. Define cellular metabolism. A) Cellular metabolism is the process of cell division. B) Cellular metabolism refers to the movement of cells in an organism. C) Cellular metabolism is the study of cellular structures. D) Cellular metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions that occur within a cell to maintain life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cellular metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions that occur within a cell to maintain life. 13. The cells present in the cork slice are: A) Bacterial cell. B) Animal cells. C) Dead cells. D) Live cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead cells. 14. The cell organelle involved in forming complex sugars from simple sugars are(a) endoplasmic reticulum(b) ribosomes(c) plastids(d) golgi apparatus A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 15. Select the organelle that release energy A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Cytoplasm. D) Vacuole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 16. Part one and two of the Cell Theory were created by: A) Virchow/Remak. B) Schwann. C) Hooke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann. 17. Cell theory was given by A) Schleiden and Schwann. B) Hooke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schleiden and Schwann. 18. Eukaryotic ribosomes have 80 s ribosomes, whereas prokaryotes have ..... s ribosomes. A) 70s. B) 90s. C) 47s. D) 40s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 70s. 19. The cell membrane is mostly made of what? A) Carbohydrates. B) Membrane-spanning Proteins. C) Phospholipids. D) Surface Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phospholipids. 20. Plants and Animal cell both have this organelle. A) Chlorophyll. B) Chloroplast. C) Nucleus. D) Cell Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 21. You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I? A) Ribosome. B) Vacuole. C) Mitochondria. D) Lysosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lysosome. 22. Which of the following is not an unicellular organism? A) Paramoecium. B) Chlamydomonas. C) Bacteria. D) Rhizopus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhizopus. 23. What is endocytosis? A) Passage of material through a membrane from a region of higher to a region of lower concentration. B) The ingestion or engulfment of food and other material by folding of the plasma membrane. C) A process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane. D) Don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ingestion or engulfment of food and other material by folding of the plasma membrane. 24. In LATIN language cell means ..... A) Big room. B) Small room. C) Medium room. D) Average room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small room. 25. Which scientist created the second microscope? A) Hooke. B) Lion corner. C) Litter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lion corner. 26. What was the contribution of Virchow to Cell Theory? A) Cells are the basic units of life. B) All cells arise from preexisting cells. C) Cells are present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. D) Cells are present only in eukaryotic organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All cells arise from preexisting cells. 27. The fundamental unit of life ..... A) Tissue. B) Organism. C) Atom. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell. 28. Response to stimuli is shown by A) Anterior pituitary. B) Posterior pitutary. C) Nervous tissue. D) Glandular epithelium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous tissue. 29. Which is the largest cell organelle present in plant cell? A) Nucleus. B) Chloroplast. C) Endoplasmic reticulum. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 30. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by A) Virchow. B) Litter. C) Haeckel. D) Hooke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virchow. 31. Plasma membrane is A) Permeable. B) Selectively permeable. C) Impermeable. D) Semi permeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selectively permeable. 32. The inner membrane of mitochondria is folded because A) It helps in transportation of material. B) It stores more food. C) It has no space inside. D) It increases the surface area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It increases the surface area. 33. The cell is not applied for A) Bacteria. B) Fungi. C) Virus. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virus. 34. The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured by A) Plasma membrane. B) Rough endoplasmic reticulum. C) Mitochondria. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough endoplasmic reticulum. 35. First living cell was observed by A) Robert Brown. B) Robert Hooke. C) Antoin Von Leeuwenhoek. D) Rudolph Virchow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antoin Von Leeuwenhoek. 36. To convert the energy of glucose into the usable form of ATP is a function of ..... A) Cell Wall. B) Cytoplasm. C) Nucleus. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 37. Mitochondria is found in A) Only animal cell. B) Only plant cell. C) Plant and animal cell. D) Prokaryotic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant and animal cell. 38. Who discovered Golgi Apparatus A) Frank Golgi. B) Thomas Edison. C) Albert Einstein. D) Camillo Golgi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camillo Golgi. 39. What year did Rudolf Virchow add his statement to the cell theory? A) 1650. B) 1665. C) 1855. D) 1827. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1855. 40. The plant cells are more rigid than the animal cell due to A) Cell wall. B) Vacuoles. C) Plastids. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 41. What is the role of mitochondria in cellular metabolism? A) Mitochondria produce ATP and are central to cellular respiration and metabolism. B) Mitochondria are responsible for protein synthesis. C) Mitochondria store genetic information for the cell. D) Mitochondria regulate the cell's water balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria produce ATP and are central to cellular respiration and metabolism. 42. Digestive bag of cell- A) Adhesive. B) Lysosomes. C) RER. D) Mitochondria. E) Chromoplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lysosomes. 43. Which process requires the energy provided by ATP? A) Diffusion. B) Plasmolysis. C) Osmosis. D) Active transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Active transport. 44. This cell has linear DNA found in the nucleus. A) Prokaryotic. B) Eukaryotic. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eukaryotic. 45. Which of the following is present in lysosomes A) DNA. B) Protein. C) Sugars. D) Digestive enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestive enzyme. 46. Which of the following is not a cell A) Battery cells. B) Bacteria. C) Ostrich's egg. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virus. 47. Rudolph Virchow said that A) All organisms are made of cells. B) Cell is the basic unit of life. C) New cells come from pre-existing cells. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New cells come from pre-existing cells. 48. This cell can be a protist, fungi, plant, or animal cell. A) Prokaryotic. B) Eukaryotic. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eukaryotic. 49. Chloroplasts also contain yellow and orange pigments in addition to chlorophyll. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. The no. of chromosomes in daughter cells formed by mitotic division will be A) Same as of mother cell. B) Less than mother cell. C) More than mother cell. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same as of mother cell. 51. Different layers of cell wall are ..... A) Middle lamella and primary wall. B) Middle lamella, Primary wall and secondary wall. C) Primary wall and secondary wall. D) Wall layers exclude middle lamella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle lamella and primary wall. 52. Energy currency of cell is A) Glucose stored. B) Mitochondria. C) Adenosine triphosphate. D) Dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adenosine triphosphate. 53. Cell wall of plant cells chiefly composed of A) Protein. B) Cellulose. C) Phospholipids. D) Hemicellulose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellulose. 54. Which organelles are filled with enzymes that aid in intra-cellular digestion, breaking down wastes and old organelles? A) Golgi body. B) Ribosomes. C) Mitochondria. D) Lysosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lysosomes. 55. In plant cells, vacuoles occupy how much space of the cell? A) 10-40%. B) 70-100%. C) 50-90%. D) None of theabove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50-90%. 56. In the given scenario what will happen? An egg with a dissolved shell is placed in pure water for 48 hours. A) Water will move in and out of the cell equally, and the cell with neither shrink nor swell. B) The egg will gain water and swell. C) The egg will lose water and shrink. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The egg will gain water and swell. 57. The term cell was given by A) Robert Brown. B) Virchow. C) Lion corner. D) Robert Hooke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Hooke. 58. The cell membrane of the red blood cellwill allow water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and glucose to pass through. Because other substances are blocked from entering, this membrane is called A) Semi-permeable. B) Non-conductive. C) Perforated. D) Permeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semi-permeable. 59. Lysosomes are formed by A) RER. B) Golgi apparatus. C) Plasma membrane. D) TO BE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Golgi apparatus. 60. Amoeba acquires its food through a process termed as A) Endocytosis. B) Exocytosis. C) Plasmolysis. D) Exocytosis and endocytosis both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endocytosis. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 2Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 3Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 4Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 5Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 6Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 7Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books