This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anaphase I is marked by- A) Movement of homologous chromosomes toward their respective pole. B) Centromere division. C) Sister chromatids remain associated at centromere. D) A and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and c. 2. What happens in Interphase? A) The cells are at rest before the active division phase starts. B) The cells are producing more nuclei. C) The cells are synthesizing DNA, RNA, and proteins. D) The cells all go into G0 phase and withdraw from the cell cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cells are synthesizing DNA, RNA, and proteins. 3. What threadlike structures rip chromatids apart and pull them back to the centrioles? A) Spindle Fibers. B) Ribosomes. C) Zygotes. D) Centromeres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spindle Fibers. 4. Mature human muscle cells and nerve cells A) Remain undifferentiated unless an injury occurs. B) Become cancerous more easily. C) Continue to divide throughout their life. D) Are permanently in a state of non-division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are permanently in a state of non-division. 5. What might be a reason for a cell to divide? 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. 6. Cells need to produce new cells in order to ..... A) Replace cells that have died. B) Create new chromosomes. C) Obtain energy from sunlight. D) Release energy from food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replace cells that have died. 7. Human cells in culture show a cell cycle to be completed in approximately A) 42 hours. B) 24 hours. C) 24 minutes. D) 24 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 8. In mitosis cells are genetically ..... , but in meiosis cells are genetically ..... A) Diverse, identical. B) Identical, diverse/different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identical, diverse/different. 9. The cell that is produced from mitosis is called the A) Parent cell. B) Daughter cell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daughter cell. 10. What is the term for the phase where the cell individually itself grows? A) G1 phase. B) S phase. C) M phase. D) G2 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G1 phase. 11. If a cell undergoes programmed cell death, what type of cell death would occur A) Necrosis. B) Apoptosis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apoptosis. 12. What is the cell cycle? A) The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. B) The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. C) The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. D) The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA to produce two daughter cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA to produce two daughter cells. 13. Identical cells formed during cell division are called: A) Daughter organelles. B) Daughter cycles. C) Daughter nucleus. D) Daughter cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daughter cells. 14. Karyokinesis is the: A) Division of nucleus during cell division. B) Division of cytoplasm during cell division. C) Division of centrosome. D) Division of nucleolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Division of nucleus during cell division. 15. What structure pulls chromosomes apart during anaphase? A) Centrioles. B) Spindle fibers. C) Chromatin. D) Nuclear envelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spindle fibers. 16. In a Diploid cell (2n= 32) number of chromosomes on metaphasic plate is- A) 32. B) 22. C) 42. D) 53. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32. 17. During which stage of cell division do the chromosomes shorten, condense, and become visible? A) Interphase. B) Prophase. C) Metaphase. D) Anaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prophase. 18. Where is the DNA located? A) Nucleus. B) Cytoplasm. C) Vacuole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 19. In which stage DNA replication takes place? A) Metaphase. B) G$_{1 }$-phase. C) S phase. D) G$_{2-}$phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S phase. 20. Which of the following is the correct order for the phases of the cell cycle? A) G1, M, G2, C, S. B) S, G1, G2, M, C. C) G1, G2, S, M, C. D) G1, S, G2, M, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G1, S, G2, M, C. 21. What is the correct description of a diploid cell in humans? A) It has 23 chromosomes. B) It has 46 chromosomes. C) It has 92 chromatids. D) It has 23 pairs of chromatids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has 46 chromosomes. 22. After S phase, how many chromatids does a human cell have? A) 23. B) 46. C) 92. D) 23 pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 92. 23. How many causes of genetic variation are there in sexual reproduction? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 24. What happens to the amount of DNA in the nucleus just before the beginning of mitosis and why? A) The amount of DNA is doubled so that the two new cells each have the same original amount. B) The cell grows to twice its original size. C) Cytoplasm divides. D) The amount of chromosomes triples. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The amount of DNA is doubled so that the two new cells each have the same original amount. 25. Best material to study meiosis is A) Root tip. B) Ovary. C) Young anther. D) Pollen grain. 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