Who first saw and described a living cell?

1. Anton Von Leeuwenhoek 2. Robert Hooke
3. Robert Brown 4. Rudolph Virchow

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Who concluded, based on his studies on plant tissues, that the presence of cell wall is a unique character of plant cells?

1. Matthias Shcleiden 2. Theodor  Schwann
3. J. B. S. Haldane 4. Rudolph Virchow
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The famous aphorism ‘omniscellula-e-cellula’ was added to the cell theory in 1855 by

1. Matthias Shcleiden 2. Theodor Schwann
3. J. B. S. Haldane 4. Rudolph Virchow
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Ribosomes are non-membrane bound organelles found in:
1. All prokaryotic cells only
2. All eukaryotic cells only
3. All somatic cells in eukaryotic organisms only
4. All cells

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A non-membrane bound organelle found in animal cells that helps in cell division would be:

1. Centromere 2. Centrosome
3. Basal body 4. Fimbriae
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A ‘comma’ shaped bacterium is known as a:

1. Bacillus
2. Coccus
3. Vibrios
4. Spirillum

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The genomic DNA of a bacterial cell is:

1. circular and located on a single chromosome
2. circular and located on multiple chromosomes
3. linear and located on a single chromosome
4. linear and located on multiple chromosomes

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Extra-chromosomal circular double stranded and autonomously replicating DNA found in many bacteria is known as:

1.Plastid2.Genophore
3.Plasmid4.Genome

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A ‘slime layer’ or a ‘capsule’ is a modification of which of the following layers of the cell envelope of a prokaryotic cell?

1. Glycocalyx 2. Cell wall
3. Lipoprotein layer 4. Cell membrane
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Mesosomes, extensions of plasma membrane in bacterial cells, help in all the following except:

1. Cell wall formation
2. DNA replication and distribution to daughter cells
3. Respiration
4. Photosynthesis

Subtopic:  Cell Membrane |
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