
The names of Schleiden and Schwann are associated with


Important Questions on Cell : The Unit of Life



Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
(i) The physio-chemical approach to study and understand living organisms is called "Reductionist Biology".
(ii) Cell theory which is proposed by Schleiden and Schwann explains how new cells arise.
(iii) Centriole is a single membranous cell organelle helps in cell division in animal cell.
(iv) Prokaryotes lack membrane bounded cell organelles
Select the correct statements

Select the pair of correct statements with respect to the prokaryotic cell.
(i) The genomic is circular and naked.
(ii) Large linear outside the genomic DNA is known as a plasmid.
(iii) Plasmid confers certain unique, phenotypiç characteristics to bacteria.
(iv) Prokaryotic cells are devoid of cell organelles.

Read the following statements and check out the option with incorrect statements with respect to prokaryotes.
(i) Prokaryotic cell's envelope consists of a tightly, bounded three layered structures with outermost arrangement as cell membrane, glycocalyx and cell wall.
(ii) Mesosomes and chromatophores are the cell membranes extensions.
(iii) Fimbriae are small bristle like fibres helpful in attachment with a substratum.
(iv) Thin filamentous extension from the cell wall of bacteria are called flagella.


