Science Chapter 5 MCQ (Objective Questions)

  1. Cell wall of plants is mainly composed of
  2. chitin
  3. cellulose
  4.  lipids
  5. Lignin
  • Which structure in plant cell is responsible for providing the energy required to drive cellular processes?
  • Chloroplast
  • Mitochondrion
  • Nucleus
  • Golgi apparatus
  • A plant cell placed in a hypo-tonic solution will not burst because of presence of
  • plasma membrane
  • cell wall
  • chloroplast
  • cytoplasm
  • What is ‘autolysis’?
  • Self-replication
  •  Self-digestion
  • Self-food producers
  • Food decomposer
  • Select the correct match.

(a) Cell was first discovered – 1839

(b) The term ‘protoplasm’ was coined – 1665

(c) The nucleus was discovered – 1831

(d) Cell theory was proposed – 1674

  • In chloroplasts, light is captured by

(a) thylakoids within grana

(b) grana within cisternae

(c) cisternae within grana

(d) grana within thylakoids

  • Which structures can be found in all plant and animal

cells?

(a) Cell wall and nucleus

(b) Mitochondria and centrioles

(c) Cell membrane and centrioles

(d) Mitochondria and cell membrane

  • What are suicide bags?

(a) Plastids

(b) Mitochondria

(c) Lysosomes

(d) Ribosomes

  • Find the correct statement.

(a) Many fungi are single celled

(b) Most cells are very large

(c) Animals have many vacuoles

(d) C hemical composition of Prokaryotes and eukaryotes vary

  1. What is the important function of nucleus?
  2. Photosynthesis
  3. Cellular reproduction
  4. Lipid synthesis
  5. Protein synthesis
  1. Chromosomes are composed of

(a) DNA and protein

(b) DNA and sugar

(c) sugar and protein

(d) chromatin

  1. Which labelled organelles helped a student to conclude that it is a plant cell?

(a) P and R only

(b) P and S only

(c) P, R and T only

(d) P, R and U only

  1. The transportation of materials in the cell is done by

(a) Golgi complex

 (b) lysosomes

(c) mitochondria

(d) endoplamic reticulum

  1. An organism has poorly defined nuclear membrane in its cells. This organism could be a/an

(a) bacteria

(b) animal

(c) fungi

(d) bird

  1. What is meant by ‘multicellular’?

(a) The single celled organism.

(b) The cytoplasmic projection which helps in locomotion & feeding of Amoeba

(c) Organisms made of more than one cell.

(d) A group of tissues which together perform specific function