CYCLE TEST – 2
NEET paper with answer keys
1. No membrane surrounds in this organelle.
1) Lysosome
2) Nucleolus
3) Golgi body
4) Nucleus
ANS: 2)
2. It actively synthesized r-RNA
1) Nucleoplasm
2) Nucleolus
3) Nucleus
4) All
ANS: 2)
3. In each chromosome centromere possessing disc shaped structure is
1) Satellite
2) Kinetochore
3) Long arm
4) Short arm
ANS: 2)
4. It shows presence of Nucleoid
1) Plant cell 2) Bacteria 3) Animal cell 4) Virus
ANS: 2)
5. The cells involved in large amount of lipid synthesis, do not possess this orgenelle on Endoplasmic
reticulum.
1) Mitochondrion 2) Ribosomes
3) Golgi apparatus 4) lysosome
ANS: 2)
6. The properties of integral membrane proteins can be studied by
1) Atomic force microscopy
2) Cryo-sectioning and electron microscopy
3) Freeze-fracture technique and electron microscopy
4) All of the above
ANS: 4)
7. The fluidity of the plasma membrane increases with
1) Increase in unsaturated fatty acids in the membrane
2) Increase in saturated fatty acids in the membrane
3) Increase in glycolipid content in the membrane
4) Increase in phospholipid content in the membrane
ANS: 1)
8. Microfilaments are composed of a protein called
1) Tubulin
2) Actin
3) Myosin
4) Chitin
ANS: 2)
9. Glycolipids in the plasma membrane are located at
1) Inner leaflet of the plasma membrane
2) The outer leaflet of the plasma membrane
3) Evenly distributed in the inner and outer leaflets
4) It varies according to cell types
ANS: 2)
10. This statement on cilia is incorrect
1) The organized beating of cilia is controlled by fluxes of Ca2+ across the membrane
2) Microtubules of cilia are composed of tubulin
3) Cilia contains an outer ring of nine doublet microtubules surrounding two singlet microtubules
4) Cilia are hair-like cellular appendages
ANS: 1)
11. Granal folded structures involved in photolysis and ATP synthesis occur in a
1) Chloroplast
2) Mitochondrion
3) Microtubule
4) Crista
ANS: 1)
12. According to the endosymbiotic theory the present day cell organelles of a eukaryotic cell like
mitochondria and chloroplasts once existed as independent prokaryotic cells. It is believed that the mitochondria
once existed as an aerobic bacteria and the chloroplast as a photosynthetic cyanobacteria, which would have
become a part of a eukaryotic cell once engulfe4) With time, the eukaryotic cell and these two prokaryotic cells
within it would have developed a symbiotic relationship. Eventually, during the course of evolution, the
prokaryotic cells lost their cell walls and most of their genes, and started functioning as cell organelles within
eukaryotic cells.
Which of the following statements is incorrect evidence for the endosymbiotic theory?
1) Have their own protein synthesising machinery
2) Replicate independently of the cell’s division cycle
3) Just have 2-3 pairs of tightly coiled chromosomes
4) Are double membraned structures
ANS: 3)
13. A plant tissue is homogenized. The filtered homogenate is collected in a test tube, and the test tube is
labeled as A The test tube A is centrifuged at a high speed of 500 rpm. The filtrate from test tube A is collected in
a test tube B and it is centrifuged at higher speed 10000 rpm. The filtrate from test tube B is then collected in a
test tube labeled C, which is centrifuged at a much higher speed of 50000 rpm. After the experiment, the cell
organelles, mitochondria and ribosomes can be discovered in which test tube?
1) Test tube A contains mitochondria and test tube C contains ribosomes
2) Test tube A contains both mitochondria and ribosomes
3) Test tube C contains both mitochondria and ribosomes
4) All the cell organelles are found in test tube B
ANS: 4)
14. When a plant cell is treated by cellulase and pectinase enzymes, which of the following is formed
1) Chloroplast 2) Leucoplast 3) Protoplast 4) One of these
ANS: 3)
15. The secretory material is discharged by the golgi vesicles, from the surface of cell membrane by
1) Pinocytosis 2) Endocytosis
3) Reverse pinocytosis 4) Dissolving the cell membrane
ANS: 3)
16. Which of the following layer is present nearest to plasma membrane in plant cell
1) Secondary wall 2) Middle lamella 3) Primary wall 4) Tonoplast
ANS: 1)
17. Beet root if kept in cold water anthocyanin does not come out due to plasma membrane
1) Differentially permeable 2) Impermeable to anthocyanins
3) Permeable to anthocyanins 4) Dead
ANS: 2)
18. Which of the following shows the absence of cytoplasmic streaming
1) Eukaryotic cell 2) Prokaryotic cell
3) Both 1) and 2)4) None of the above
ANS: 2)
19. Largest known cell is
1) Acetabularia 2) Nostoc
3) Chlamydomonas 4) Pleuropneumonia like organism
ANS: 1)
20. Read the following statements and find out the correct statement.
A. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella are structurally similar
B. Cilia work like oars and comparatively smaller than flagella
C. The core of cilium or flagellum is called axoneme
D. Central tubeles are connected by interdoublet bridges and is enclosed by central sheath
E. Central sheath is connected to one of the tubules of each peripheral doublets by a radial spoke.
There are nine radial spokes
F. Peripheral doublets are also interconnected by linkers
1) B, D, E, F 2) C, D, E 3) A, B, C 4) B, C, E, F
ANS: 4)
21. Fill in the blanks:
1. Centrioles are … a … structures that lie … b … to each other
2. Centrioles have an organization like … c …
3. Centrioles are made up of nine evenly spaced peripheral fibrils of … d … protein
4. Each peripheral fibril of centriole is … e …
5. Central part of the proximal region of the centriole is called … f … which is protenaceous
1) a – spherical, b – parallel, c – car wheel, d – flagelline, e – doublet, f – bridge
2) a – cylindrical, b – perpendicular, c – cart wheel, d – tubulin, e – triplet, f – hub
3) a – cylindrical, b - perpendicular, c – cart wheel, d – tubulin, e – doublet, f – hub
4) a – spherical, b – perpendicular, c – cart wheel, d – tubulin, e – triplet, f – hub
ANS: 2)
22. Perinuclear space is around
1) 10 to 20 Å 2) 10 to 20 nm 3) 10 to 50 μm 4) 10 to 50 nm
ANS: 4)
23. Membrane bound minute vesicles that contain various enzymes are present in both plant and animal
cells are called
1) Chloroplast 2) Centrosome 3) Microbodies 4) Mesosomes
ANS: 3)
24. In 1831, Robert Brown discovered
1) Cell 2) Dictyosome 3) Nucleus 4) Nucleolus
ANS: 3)
25. Match the column
Column I Column II
A Metacentric i. At the top/terminal
B Submetacentric ii. Close to its end
C Acronematic iii. At the middle
D Telocentric iv. Slightly away from middle
1) a – i, b – iv, c – ii, d – iii 2) a – iii, b – iv, c – i, d – ii
3) a – iii, b – iv, c – ii, d – i 4) a – iv, b – iii, c – i, d – ii
ANS: 3)
26. Which is correct option amongst the following statements?
1) Nuclear membrane, chloroplast, mitochondria, microtubules are absent in prokaryotic cells
2) Nuclear membrane, chloroplast, mitochondria, microtubules and pili are present in eukaryotic cells
3) Ribosomes are 70S in prokaryotic cells, chloroplast and mitochondria. They are 80S in animal cells.
1) a and b are wrong, c is correct 2) a is correct, b and c are wrong
3) a and b are correct, c is wrong 4) a and c are correct, b is wrong
ANS: 4)
27. DNA occur in
1) Mitochondria, Plastids and Chromosomes
2) Chromosomes, Mitochondria and Ribosomes
3) Chromosomes, Mitochondria and Cell Membrane
4) Chromosomes, Ribosomes and Cytoplasm
ANS: 1)
28. Pick the incorrect statement
1) Mycoplasma is a wall-less microorganism
2) Pili and fimbriae are mainly involved in motility of bacterial cells
3) The bacterial cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan
4) Cyanobacteria have heterocyst
ANS: 2)
29. Cellular totipotency is demonstrated by
1) only bacterial cells
2) all eukaryotic cells
3) all plant cells
4) only gymnosperm cells
ANS: 3)
30. The process in which viruses are involved in sexual reproduction of bacteria is called
1) Transduction 2) Transcription
3) Transformation 4) Translation
ANS: 1)
31. The symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria present in root nodules of legumes belongs to genus
1) Xanthomonas 2) Pseudomonas
3) Rhizobium 4) Acetobacter
ANS: 3)
32. Escherichia coli has the following combination of characters
1) Rod shaped, 1–3 μm long, gram negative
2) Rod shaped, 1– 3 μm long, gram positive
3) Spiral, 1–3 μm long, gram negative
4) Spiral, 1–3 μm long, gram positive
ANS: 1) 11 e
33. Which of the following group of organisms are categorized as Protists?
1) Euglena, Mushroom and Yeast
2) Amoeba, Sepia, Euglena
3) Hydra, Paramaecium, Dinoflagellates
4)Amoeba, Plasmodium, Physarum
ANS: 4
34. Which of the following is/are the characteristic features of organisms belonging to Kingdom – Protista?
i. Multicellular and prokaryote
ii. Unicellular and eukaryote
iii. Multicellular and heterotroph
iv. Autotrotroph and heterotroph
1) i and iii 2) i, iii and iv 3)i and iv 4) ii and iv
ANS: 4)
35. Two species of Amoeba X and Y were kept in fresh water and got adapted. Species X developed
contractile vacuole. When both were transferred to sea water and got adapted, both X and Y lost their contractile
vacuole. From these observation we conclude that
1) Both X and Y are marine species
2) Species Y is marine and X is fresh water
3) Species X is marine and Y is fresh water
4) Both X and Y are fresh water
ANS: 2)
36. People recovering from long illness, are advised to include alga Spirulina in their diet because it
1) Has antibiotic properties
2) Restores intestinal flora
3) Is rich in proteins
4) Makes the food easy to digest
ANS: 3)
37. Which of the following organism reproduce by means of conjugation by sexual reproduction?
1) Amoeba
2) Paramoecium
3) Plasmodium
4) Clostridium
ANS: 2)
38. The art of identifying distinctions among organisms and placing them into groups that reflect their most
significant features and relationship is called
1) Identification 2) Morphology
3) Exobiology 4) Biological classification
ANS: 4)
39. In Whittaker’s five-kingdom system of classification, eukaryotes are placed in
1) Three kingdoms 2) Four kingdom
3) Five kingdom 4) One kingdom
ANS: 2)
40. A bacterium capable of tolerating extreme heat, dryness and toxic chemicals is probably having
1) thick wall
2) endogenous buds
3) endotoxins
4) endospores
ANS: 4)
41. Which of the following monerans thrive under extreme environmental conditions such as absence of
oxygen high temperature and acidic pH?
1) Cyanobacteria 2) Actinomycetes
3) Bacteria 4) Archaebacteria
ANS: 4)
42. A few protists possess structures to regulate their water content. They are
1) membranes
2) Chromatophores
3) Nuclei
4) Contractile vacuoles
ANS: 4)
43. Blue colour of Cyanobacteria is due to
1) phyocerythrin
2) anthocyanin
3) anthoxanthin
4) phycocyanin and allophycocyanin
ANS: 4)
44. Red tide is mostly caused by
1) Gonyaulax 2) Ceratium
3) Noctiluca 4) Navicula
ANS: 1)
45. Membrane-bound organelles are absent in :
1) Saccharomyces 2) Streptococcus
3) Chlamydomonas 4) Plasmodium
ANS: 2)
46. Decomposers are organisms that
1) elaborate chemical substances, causing death of tissues
2) operate in living body and simplifying organic substances of cells step by step
3) attack and kill plants as well as animals
4) operate in relay terms, simplifying step by step the organic constituents of dead body
ANS: 4)
47. Claviceps purpurea is causal organism of
1) smut of barley
2) rust of wheat
3) ergot of rye
4) powdery mildew of pea
ANS: 3) 11 E
48. In fungi stored food material is
1) glycogen
2) starch
3) sucrose
4) glucose
ANS: 1)
49. Plant decomposers are
1) Monera and Fungi
2) Fungi and Plants
3) Protista and Animalia
4) Animalia and Monera
ANS: 1)
50. The thalloid body of a slime mold (Myxomycetes) is known as
1) Plasmodium
2) fruiting body
3) mycelium
4) protonema
ANS: 1)
51. Which of the following is a slime mold?
1) Rhizopus
2) Physarum
3) Thiobacillus
4) Anabaena
ANS: 2)
52. An example of endomycorrhiza is?
1) Glomus 2) Agaricus
3) Rhizobium 4) Nostoc
ANS: 1)
53. Black (stem) rust of wheat is caused by
1) Ustilago nuda
2) Puccinia graminis
3) Xanthomonas oryzae
4) Alternaria solani
ANS: 2)
54. Which one one of the following matches is correct ?
1) Alternaria - Sexual reproduction absent - Deuteromycetes
2) Mucor - Reproduction by Conjugation - Ascomycetes
3) Agaricus - Parasitic fungus - Basidiomycetes
4) Phytophthora - Aseptate mycelium – Basidiomycetes
ANS: 1)
55. Choose the wrong statement :
1) Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation
2) Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics
3) Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics
4) Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms
ANS: 4)
56. Which the following are most suitable indicator of SO2 pollution in the environment?
1) Fungi 2) Lichens
3) Conifers 4) Algae
ANS: 2)
57. Which one is a wrong statement?
1) Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c, and fucoxanthin
2) Archegonia are found in Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms
3) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
4) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of gymnosperms
ANS: 3)
58. a covering of silica is impregnated over
1) Chitin cell wall
2) Cellulose cell wall
3) Pectin cell wall
4) Lignin cell wall
Ans: b
59. Choose the odd one out:
a) Bacillus, Methanococcus
b) Anabaena, Nostoc
c) Physarum, Plasmodium
d) Gonyaulux, Noctiluca
Ans: c
60. Which one out of them is non-photosynthetic?
a) Nostoc
b) Euglena
c) Diatom
d) Methanobacter
Ans:d
