This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 62 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The term for the life span of a cell: A) Mitosis. B) Cell Division. C) Interphase. D) Cell Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell Cycle. 2. In S phase and G2 phase new DNA molecules formed are A) Distinct. B) Not distinct. C) Intertwined. D) More than one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than one. 3. What is the significance of the G1 phase in the cell cycle? A) The cell grows in size. 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 in size. 4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of meiosis? A) Involves two divisions. B) Reduces the number of chromosomes. C) Produces haploid cells. D) Results in the production of genetically identical cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Results in the production of genetically identical cells. 5. What is not the prerequisite for clearance at the G2 checkpoint? A) G$_{1 }$checkpoint. B) G$_{2}$ checkpoint. C) S$_{ }$checkpoint. D) M checkpoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S$_{ }$checkpoint. 6. During which stage of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate and move towards opposite poles of the cell? A) Prophase. B) Metaphase. C) Anaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphase. 7. How is the cell's DNA referred to during interphase? A) Chromosomes. B) Chromosphere. C) Chromatin. D) Chromoplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatin. 8. The chromosomes are condensed the most at ..... A) Prophase. B) Metaphase. C) Anaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphase. 9. What is the genetic material in a cell? A) ATP. B) DNA. C) ACL. D) MCL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DNA. 10. The fruit fly has 8 chromosomes (2N) in each cell. During the interphase of mitosis, if the number of chromosomes at G1 phase is 8, what would be the number of chromosomes after the S phase? A) 4. B) 8. C) 16. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 11. Mitotic spindle is mainly composed of ..... proteins A) Tubulin. B) Myosin. C) Actin. D) Actomyosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tubulin. 12. Sister chromatids separate and pull to opposite sides. A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) Prophase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphase. 13. Which base can only pair up with Cytosine? A) Adenine. B) Thymine. C) Guanine. D) All of the above can pair with cytosine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guanine. 14. What attaches spindle fibers to chromatids? A) Hydrogen bonds. B) Centromeres. C) Chromatins. D) Chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centromeres. 15. What is the chromosome number in a human somatic cell? A) 23. B) 46. C) 92. D) 23 pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 46. 16. Which type of tumor causes more damage? A) Malignant. B) Benign. C) Premalignant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malignant. 17. The uncontrolled division of cells ..... A) Meiosis. B) Cancer. C) Nondisjunction. D) Crossing over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cancer. 18. What does DNA replication mean? A) Dividing the cytoplasm. B) Copying the organelles. C) Copying the nucleus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copying the nucleus. 19. Why is the metaphase important? A) The DNA gets copied and the cell grows and develops. B) The DNA lines up so exact copies can be pulled to each side. C) The nuclear membrane disappears and the spindle fibers appear. D) Two identical daughter cells are formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The DNA lines up so exact copies can be pulled to each side. 20. While in the womb, the webbed fingers of the embryo undergo programmed cell death, also known as A) Cytokinesis. B) Apoptosis. C) Interphase. D) DNA replication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apoptosis. 21. A cell's period of growth and development. A) Cytokinesis. B) Interphase. C) Centromere. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interphase. 22. Reproduction that requires two parents A) Sexual. B) Asexual. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sexual. 23. During meiosis I in human, one of the daughter cells receives- A) Only maternal chromosomes. B) A mixture of maternal and paternal chromosomes. C) The same number of chromosomes as a diploid cell. D) A sister chromatid from each chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mixture of maternal and paternal chromosomes. 24. Which phase of the cell cycle checks if the DNA was replicated correctly? A) M phase. B) G2 phase. C) S phase. D) G1 phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G2 phase. 25. Assertion (A):DNA replication occurs during the S phase of the cell cycle. Reason (R):S phase is the shortest phase of the cell cycle. Choose the correct option: A) A is true and R is false. B) A is false and R is true. C) Both A and R are true. D) Both A and R are false. 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