This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you are provided with root tips of onion in your class and asked to count the chromosomes, which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into? A) Anaphase. B) Orophase. C) Metaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphase. 2. 2 identical chromosomes are called? A) Centromere. B) Daughter chromatids. C) Pair. D) Sister chromatids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sister chromatids. 3. Define cytokinesis. A) The process where the cytoplasm of a parental cell divides into two daughter cells. B) The phase of cell division where chromosomes are separated into daughter cells. C) The stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope re-forms around the separated chromosomes. D) The process of DNA replication before cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process where the cytoplasm of a parental cell divides into two daughter cells. 4. Why is it so important to replicate DNA? A) So that each daughter cell is unique. B) To release energy. C) To make sure that the daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make sure that the daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cells. 5. Which statement best describes why a cell spends the majority of its time in interphase? A) To produce energy for the cell. B) To grow and DNA replication. C) To repair damaged DNA. D) To prepare for cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To grow and DNA replication. 6. The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell. A) Prophase. B) Anaphase. C) Metaphase. D) Telephase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphase. 7. The term for cell division A) Interphase. B) Mitosis. C) Synthesis. D) Apoptosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis. 8. What phase does a cell stay in the longest? A) Interphase. B) Cell division. C) Cytokinesis. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interphase. 9. Somatic cell with 2 sets of chromosomes (1 set from each parent) are ..... ; not found in gametes; end product of mitosis A) Diploid. B) Haploid. C) Cytokinesis. D) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diploid. 10. What is the process by which the cell nucleus divides into two identical cell nuclei? A) Binary fission. B) Meiosis. C) Mitosis. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitosis. 11. The "end" phase Nuclear membrane forms. sister chromatids move to opposite sides of the cell (when the middle/center of the cell pinches) A) Anaphase. B) Metaphase. C) Prophase. D) Telophase. E) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telophase. 12. Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC) is a protein degradation machinery necessary for proper mitosis of animal cells. If APC is defective in a human cell, which of the following is expected to occur? A) Chromosomes will not condense. B) Chromosomes will not segregate. C) Recombination of chromosome arms will occur. D) Chromosomes will be fragmented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromosomes will not segregate. 13. True or False? A tightly wound bundle of DNA is a chromosome. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. What is the primary purpose of the G$_{1}$ phase in the cell cycle? A) DNA replication. B) Cell growth and preparation for DNA synthesis. C) Cell division. D) Protein synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell growth and preparation for DNA synthesis. 15. Most cells in an organism go through a cycle of growth, development, and division called the ..... A) Cell cycle. B) Mitosis. C) Cytokinesis. D) Multicellular organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell cycle. 16. All cells except sex cells (also known as gamete like sperm and egg); diploid cells; result of mitosis A) Haploid. B) Somatic. C) G0. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 17. What is the end product of cytokinesis? A) Two identical sister chromatids. B) Two identical daughter cells. C) Two unique sister cells. D) Two condensed chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two identical daughter cells. 18. Medical researchers are interested in stem cells because they? A) Are found in all types of tissues. B) Can produce different cells types. C) Are highly specialized. D) Are found only in embryos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can produce different cells types. 19. During anaphase A) DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers. B) Centrioles and spindle fibers appear. C) Each DNA gets pull to the opposite sides of the cell. D) DNA gets copied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each DNA gets pull to the opposite sides of the cell. 20. Non-cancerous tumors are called ..... Cancerous tumors are called ..... A) Metastatic ; malignant. B) Malignant ; benign. C) Benign ; malignant. D) Benign ; metastatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benign ; malignant. 21. Which stage of the cell cycle usually lasts the longest? A) Prophase. B) Cytokenesis. C) Interphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interphase. 22. Which is NOT a phase of the cell cycle A) Interphase. B) Monophase. C) Anaphase. D) Telophase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monophase. 23. Enzymes are A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Lipids. D) Nucleic Acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proteins. 24. What is the correct order for the cell cycle? A) Interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis. B) Mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis. C) Cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase. D) Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis. 25. What are kinetochores? A) The regions of DNA where the sister chromatids are most tightly connected. B) Microtubules extend from each centrosome towards the edge of the cell. C) A patch of protein found on the centromere of each sister chromatid. D) An organelle responsible for photosynthesis. 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