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Important Questions on The Unit of Life

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Mitochondria and chloroplast are:

(i) Semi - autonomous organelles

(ii) Formed by the division of pre-existing organelles and they contain DNA but lack protein synthesizing machinery

Which one of the following option is correct?

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Water-soluble pigments found in plant cell vacuoles are:
MEDIUM
Select the incorrect statements from the following
I) In plasma membrane, hydrophilic polar heads of lipids arrange towards the outside and the hydrophobic tail towards the inner side
II) In the plasma membrane, peripheral proteins lie on the surface of the membrane while the integrated proteins are not buried in the membrane
III) Neutral solutes may move across the membrane by the process of simple diffusion against the concentration gradient
IV) Polar molecules can pass through the non-polar lipid bilayer and do not require a carrier protein
MEDIUM
Match the columns and identify the correct option.
 
  Column I   Column II
A Thylakoids (i) Disc-shaped sacs in Golgi apparatus
B Cristae (ii) Condensed structure of DNA
C Cisternae (iii) Flat membranous sacs in stroma
D Chromatin (iv) Infoldings in mitochondria
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Which one of the following cell organelles are enclosed by a single membrane?
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The structures that are formed by stacking of organized flattened membranous sacs in the chloroplasts are:
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The region of chromatin that is stained lightly is
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The size of Pleuropneumonia-like Organism (PPLO) is:
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Proteins P, Q, and R are associated with an intact organellar membrane in a cell. If the intact organelle is treated with a high ionic strength buffer, only protein R remained associated with the membrane fraction. Based on this, one could conclude that:
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Which of the following are not membrane-bound?
HARD
Select the correct matching in the following pairs:
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The chromosomes in which centromere is situated close to one end are:
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In a chloroplast the highest number of protons are found in:
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Fill up the blanks with suitable words.
Schleiden __i__ observed that all plants are composed of different kind of cells. Schwann __ii__ studied animal cells and reported that plants have __iii__ and all cells had __iv__ , and Virchow explained that cells divided and formed new cells from __v__. This constitutes __vi__.
A) Cell theory
B) Zoologist
C) Existing cells
D) Cell wall
E) Plasma membranes
F) Botanist
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The concept of “Omnis cellula-e cellula” regarding cell division was first proposed by: