This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit Of Life Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms A) Cell membrane. B) Cell wall. C) Nucleus. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 2. The cell wall of which of these is not made up of cellulose? A) Bacteria. B) Hydrilla. C) Cactus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 3. What is the cell mean A) Box. B) Small structure. C) Both a and b. D) Little room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Little room. 4. Which of the following is present only in plant cells? A) Mitochondria. B) Ribosome. C) Chloroplast. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplast. 5. The two organelles which have their own DNA are A) Ribosomes and Golgi bodies. B) Chloroplasts and lysosomes. C) Chloroplasts and mitochondria. D) Mitochondria and vacuoles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplasts and mitochondria. 6. Among the following which possess large vacuole A) Collenchyma. B) Parenchyma. C) Sclerenchyma. D) Aerenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collenchyma. 7. The scientist who coined the term protoplasm A) Lion corner. B) Purkinje. C) Robert Hooke. D) Robert Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purkinje. 8. The process where only water is allowed to pass through the cell membrane from a high to low concentration. A) Meiosis. B) Respiration. C) Diffusion. D) Osmosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Osmosis. 9. Hydrophilic chemical of cell wall is ..... A) Pectin. B) Suberin. C) Fat. D) Lignin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pectin. 10. Main difference between animal cell and plant cell is A) Nutrition. B) Movement. C) Respiration. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrition. 11. What is the full form of DNA? A) Deoxyribo nucleic acid. B) Double neutral acid. C) Duplex natural acid. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deoxyribo nucleic acid. 12. Which among the following has a variable and irregular shape A) Euglena. B) Plasmodium. C) Paramoecium. D) Amoeba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amoeba. 13. Which of the following statement marks as a difference between plant cell and animal cell? A) Plant cells have cell wall which animal cells do not. B) Plant cells do not have vacuole while animal cells do have. C) Plant cells have only cell membrane while animal cells have both cell wall as well as cell membrane. D) Plant cells have more plastids while animal cells have few plastids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant cells have cell wall which animal cells do not. 14. If a cell containing 5% salt is placed into a glass of water with 20% salt, the water is ..... compared to the cell. A) Hypertonic-. B) Hypotonic. C) Isotonic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypertonic-. 15. Amoeba acquired it's food through the process termed as A) Exocytosis. B) Endocytosis. C) Plasmolysis. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endocytosis. 16. Ripe fruits soften due to ..... A) Degeneration of cell walls. B) Partial solubilisation of pectic compounds. C) Metabolism of tannins. D) Exosmosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Partial solubilisation of pectic compounds. 17. Vacuole is absent in? A) Plant cell. B) Animal cell. C) Amoeba. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animal cell. 18. Find out the false sentence. A) Nucleus is involved with the formation of lysosomes. B) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid have DNA, hence they are able to make their own structural proteins. C) Mitochondria is said to be the power house of the cell as ATP is generated in them. D) Cytoplasm is called as protoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus is involved with the formation of lysosomes. 19. What is the jelly-like substance present inside the cell called? A) Nucleoplasm. B) Cytoplasm. C) Chloroplast. D) Stroma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 20. Particles move across the membrane ..... attempting to reach equilibrium. A) Orderly. B) Slowly. C) Randomly. D) In a single file line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Randomly. 21. Which organelle provide turgidity and rigidity to the cell A) Endoplasmic Redticulum. B) Centriole. C) Mitochondria. D) Vacuole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vacuole. 22. Which cell organelle is used to digest worn out organelles or dead organelle and foreign materials which enters in the cell. They are also called suicidal bags of the cell. They have digestive enzymes. A) Mitochondria. B) Plastids. C) Lysosomes. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lysosomes. 23. A large central vacuole is found in a ..... cell. A) Animal. B) Plant. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plant. 24. The process in which parent cell divides to form two identical daughter cells is A) Meiosis. B) Mitosis. C) Binary fission. D) Budding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis. 25. Which scientist said BOTH plants and animals have cells? A) Schwann. B) Hooke. C) Virchow. D) None of the above. 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