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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxification of drugs? A) Lysosome. B) Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Golgi Apparatus. D) Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum. 2. The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes is also known as A) Nucleolus. B) Nucleic acid. C) Nucleus. D) Nucleoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleoid. 3. Plastid that is colourless is- A) Chloroplast. B) Chromoplast. C) Adhesive. D) Lysosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adhesive. 4. PLANT CELL WALL IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF A) CELLULOSE. B) HEMI-CELLULOSE. C) PROTEIN. D) LIPIDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CELLULOSE. 5. The dead part of Xylem are A) Sieve tubes and companion cells. B) Xylem parenchyma. C) Tracheids and vessels. D) Xylem sclerenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tracheids and vessels. 6. Rough ER Contains A) Carbohydrate Synthesizing machinery. B) Detoxification. C) Lysosomes. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribosomes. 7. Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. The word cell is derived from the Latin word 'cellula' which means "a little room" . Can you name the scientist who coined the term cell? A) Robert Brown. B) Robert Hooke. C) Anton von Leeuwenhoek. D) Ernst Haeckel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Hooke. 8. The site of aerobic respiration, in an animal cell, is A) Chloroplast. B) Mitochondria. C) Ribosome. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 9. A cell that contains a large central vacuole is A) Bacterial cell. B) Yeast cell. C) Animal cell. D) Plant cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant cell. 10. Which of the following is known as "physical basis of life" ? A) Protoplasm. B) Nucleolus. C) Gene. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protoplasm. 11. Which of the following statement is not true for plant cells? A) Single large vacuole. B) Nucleus is shifted to one side. C) Do not divide. D) Have cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do not divide. 12. Purkinje discovered A) Purkinje fibres in heart muscle. B) Protoplasm. C) Nucleoplasm. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protoplasm. 13. Which of the following is only present in plant cell? A) Cell membrane. B) Cell wall. C) Ribosomes. D) Lysosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 14. ..... keeps Important things inside like nutrients and unwanted things out like waste. A) Cytoplasm. B) Cell wall. C) Cell membrane. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell membrane. 15. Which structure would be found in a grass cell but NOT on your cell? A) Cell wall. B) Nucleus. C) Mitochondria. D) Vacuoles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell wall. 16. Which shows the correct order of organization of life below: A) Cell-Ecosystem-Organism-Organ system. B) Molecule-Organ-Cell-Organism. C) Molecule-Organelle-Cell-Organism. D) Cell-Organ system-Organelle-Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molecule-Organelle-Cell-Organism. 17. The phenomenon by which protoplast of a cell shrinks from the wall is A) Diffusion. B) Osmosis. C) Glycolysis. D) Plasmolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasmolysis. 18. Organelle without a cell membrane is A) Nucleus. B) Ribosome. C) Chioroplast. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribosome. 19. Stimulus to any response are initiated in A) Muscle cells. B) Nerves and muscular tissue collectively. C) Neurons only. D) Brain and spinal chord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal chord. 20. A cell organelle which contains chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones and that can be used by the rest of the cell A) Ribosomes. B) Lysosomes. C) Chloroplasts. D) Cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lysosomes. 21. You must have observed that a fruit when unripe is green but it becomes beautifully coloured when ripe. According to you what is the reason behind this colour change. A) Chromosplasts change to chloroplasts. B) Chloroplasts change to chromosplasts. C) Chromosplasts change to chromosomes. D) Chloroplasts change to chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplasts change to chromosplasts. 22. Stiff, protective outer layer of plant cells A) Cell membrane. B) Nuclear membrane. C) Cell wall. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell wall. 23. Contains enzymes for breaking down food and other material A) Lysosomes. B) Vacuole. C) Golgi Body/Apparatus. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysosomes. 24. Provides extra protection and support to plants, fungi, and prokaryotic cells. It is NOT found in animal cells. A) Cell Membrane. B) Nuclear Envelope. C) Cell Wall. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell Wall. 25. Which of the following plastids have no pigments? A) Chromoplast. B) Chloroplast. C) Carotenoplast. D) Adhesive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adhesive. 26. A cell placed in hypotonic solution will A) Shrink. B) Swell up. C) Show plasmolysis. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swell up. 27. The nucleus of the cell was discovered by A) Purkinje. B) Lion corner. C) Robert Brown. D) Robert Hooke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Brown. 28. The cell organelles involved in forming complex sugar from simple sugars are A) GOLGI APPARATUS. B) PLASTIDS. C) RIBOSOMES. D) ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GOLGI APPARATUS. 29. Process where materials are able to move from areas of high concentration to low concentration. A) Active transport. B) Fission. C) Diffusion. D) Exocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diffusion. 30. Which plastid is present in Flower and fruits? A) Chloroplast. B) Chromoplast. C) Adhesive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromoplast. 31. Which of the following has an irregular or variable shape? A) Paramecium. B) Euglena. C) Clamydomonas. D) Amoeba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amoeba. 32. Who coined the term cell A) Purkinje. B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. C) Robert Hooke. D) Camillo golgi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Hooke. 33. Rough endoplasmic reticulum contains A) Ribosome. B) RNA. C) Cellulose. D) DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribosome. 34. Plant cell walls are mainly composed of A) Pectin. B) Suberin. C) Cutin. D) Cellulose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cellulose. 35. Which of the following are examples of prokaryotes? A) Bacteria. B) Protozoa. C) Fungi. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 36. Chromosomes are made up of nucleic acid and ..... A) Phosphorus. B) Protein. C) Calcium. D) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protein. 37. Lipid molecules in the cell are synthesized by A) TO BE. B) RER. C) Plastids. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO BE. 38. Cambium is formed from A) Apical meristem. B) Sclerenchyma. C) Intercallary meristem. D) Lateral meristem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lateral meristem. 39. In onion peel cells the location of nuclues is ..... A) Ferriferya. B) Corner. C) Both a and b. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 40. Human cell contains 46 chromosomes. After meiosis, the chromosome number are A) 88. B) 23. C) 46. D) 93. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23. 41. The longest cell in the human body is A) Nerve cell. B) Muscle cell. C) Liver cell. D) Kidney cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve cell. 42. Which organ of vertebrate is responsible for detoxification of drug and poison with the help of Smooth endoplasmic reticulum A) Liver. B) Lungs. C) Kidney. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liver. 43. The part of cell theory that states that 'all plants and animals are made of cells' was presented by which of the following biologists? A) Schleiden and Schwann. B) Virchow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schleiden and Schwann. 44. Mitochondria are found A) In all type of living cells. B) Only in animal cells. C) Only in plant cells. D) In eukaryote cells only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In eukaryote cells only. 45. Which of these options are not a function of Ribosomes?(i) It helps in manufacture of protein molecules(ii) It helps in manufacture of enzymes(iii) It helps in manufacture of hormones(iv) It helps in manufacture of starch molecules A) (ii) and (iii). B) (iv) and (i). C) (i) and (ii). D) (iii) and (iv). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (iii) and (iv). 46. Jelly like structure inside the cell is ..... A) Ribosome. B) Cell membrane. C) Cytoplasm. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytoplasm. 47. What organelle of the cell produces energy? A) Vacuole. B) Mitochondria. C) Golgi Body. D) Vesicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 48. Onion is a ..... A) Bulb. B) Root. C) Stem tuber. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bulb. 49. Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is A) Mitochondria. B) Endoplasmic reticulum. C) Golgi apparatus. D) Lysosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 50. Which of the cell organelles consists of chloroplast? A) Plastids. B) Mitochondria. C) Vacuole. D) Cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastids. 51. The spherical structured organelle that contains the genetic material is- A) Mitochondria. B) Nucleus. C) Ribosomes. D) Cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 52. Which of the following is NOT a function of Golgi bodies? A) Formation of lipids. B) Packing products on vesicles. C) It is involved in formation of lysosomes. D) Modification of products to be packed in vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formation of lipids. 53. An organelle in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic retiulum packages them and distributes them to other parts of the cell A) Ribosome. B) Chloroplast. C) Vacuole. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golgi apparatus. 54. Schlieden and ..... proposed cell theory. A) Virchow. B) Schwann. C) Newton. D) Purkinje. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann. 55. Mitochondria are the sites of respiration in the cell. They oxidize carbohydrates and fats present in the cell to produce carbon dioxide, water and a lot of energy. The energy so released is stored in the form of ATP molecules. Since mitochondria in the cell are used to synthesize energy so, they are also called: ..... A) Power house of the cell. B) Kitchen of the cell. C) Energy currency of the cell. D) Energy generator of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power house of the cell. 56. Process by which the cell membrane envelops (engulfs) material that is too large to pass through the membrane A) Endocytosis. B) Exocytosis. C) Diffusion. D) Cellular Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endocytosis. 57. Who discovered cell for the 1st time. A) Robert brown. B) Leeuwenhoek. C) Robert Hoek. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Hoek. 58. The size of an organism is determined- A) By the size of the cells that make up the organism. B) By the number of cells that the organism has. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the number of cells that the organism has. 59. Animals, plants, fungi, and protists are examples of A) Eukaryotic cells. B) Prokaryotic cells. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eukaryotic cells. 60. Which scientist stole Remak's work? A) Virchow. B) Hooke. C) Schwann. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virchow. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 1Class 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