Select the correct option: I II ( a ) Synapsis aligns homologous chromosomes ( i ) Anaphase – II ( b ) Synthesis of RNA and protein ( i i ) Zygotene ( c ) Action of enzyme recombinase ( i i i ) G 2 – phase ( d ) Centromeres do not separate but chromatids move towards opposite poles ( i v ) Anaphase – I ( v ) Pachytene

( a ) ( i i ) ( b ) ( i i i ) ( c ) ( v ) ( d ) ( i v )

( a ) ( i i ) ( b ) ( i ) ( c ) ( i i i ) ( d ) ( i v )

( a ) ( i ) ( b ) ( i i ) ( c ) ( v ) ( d ) ( i v )

( a ) ( i i ) ( b ) ( i i i ) ( c ) ( i v ) ( d ) ( v )

Match the following with respect to meiosis (a) Zygotene (i) Terminalization (b) Pachytene (ii) Chiasmata (c) Diplotene (iii) Crossing over (d) Diakinesis (iv) Synapsis Select the correct option from the following

(a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

(a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)

(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

Identify the correct statement with regard to G 1 phase (Gap 1) of interphase.

Cell is metabolically active, grows but does not replicate its DNA.

Reorganisation of all cell components takes place.

DNA synthesis or replication takes place.

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Which among the following image represents the prophase II of meiosis?

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Which of the following options gives the correct sequence of events during mitosis?

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Which of the following best describes the DNA content and the number of chromosomes at the end of S and M phases of the cell cycle in mitosis, if the DNA content of the cell at the beginning of the cell cycle (G1 phase) is considered as C and the number of chromosomes 2 N?

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Which ONE of the following statements about mitosis is CORRECT?

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Following the cell cycle scheme given below, what is the probability that a cell would be in M-phase at any given time?

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A cell at the telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher that this cell is not like other cells at the telophase stage. There is no formation of the cell plate and thus the cell is containing more chromosomes as compared to other dividing cells. This would result in:

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After meiosis-II, daughter cells differ from the parent cells and each other in their genotypes. This can occur because of which one of the following mechanism (s)?

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A single bacterium is actively growing in a medium that supports its growth to a number of 100 million. Assuming the division time of the bacterium as 3 hours and the life span of non-dividing bacteria as 5 hours, which ONE of the following represents the maximum number of bacteria that would be present at the end of 15 hour?

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Identify the event in meiosis mediated by the enzyme recombinase.

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Arrange the following events of meiosis in the correct sequence:

i. Crossing over

ii. Synapsis

iii. Terminalisation of chiasmata

iv. Disappearance of the nucleolus

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Select the correct option:

	I		II
( $a$ )	Synapsis aligns homologous chromosomes	( $i$ )	Anaphase – II
( $b$ )	Synthesis of RNA and protein	( $i i$ )	Zygotene
( $c$ )	Action of enzyme recombinase	( $i i i$ )	$G_{2}$ – phase
( $d$ )	Centromeres do not separate but chromatids move towards opposite poles	( $i v$ )	Anaphase – I
		( $v$ )	Pachytene

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During which phase(s) of cell cycle, amount of DNA in a cell remains at 4 C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C?

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The enzyme recombinase is required at which stage of meiosis:

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Match the following with respect to meiosis

(a)	Zygotene	(i)	Terminalization
(b)	Pachytene	(ii)	Chiasmata
(c)	Diplotene	(iii)	Crossing over
(d)	Diakinesis	(iv)	Synapsis

Select the correct option from the following

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Anaphase promoting complex (APC) is a protein degradation machinery necessary for proper mitosis of animal cells. If APC is defective in a human cell, which of the following is expected to occur?

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Identify the correct statement with regard to G₁ phase (Gap 1) of interphase.

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Match the changes which occur in the chromosomes during meiosis, with the different phases of prophase-I.

	List - I		List - II
(a)	Pachytene	(i)	Compaction of chromosomes
(b)	Zygotene	(ii)	Terminalisation of chiasmata
(c)	Diplotene	(iii)	Pairing of chromosomes
(d)	Leptotene	(iv)	Dissolution of synaptonemal complex
		(v)	Recombination nodule

The correct answer is

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Arrange the following statements on meiosis in a correct sequence.
A) Terminalisation of chiasmata.
B) Dissolution of synaptonemal complex.
C) Homologous chromosome separation.
D) Appearance of recombination nodules.
E) Pairing of homologous chromosomes.
F) Disappearance of nuclear envelope.

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A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species, has:

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Which of the following stages of meiosis involves division of centromere?

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Match the stages of meiosis of Column-I to their characteristic features in Column-II and select the correct option using the codes given below:

Column-I		Column–II
a.	Pachytene	(i)	The pairing of homologous chromosomes
b.	Metaphase I	(ii)	Terminalization of chiasmata
c.	Diakinesis	(iii)	Crossing-over takes place
d.	Zygotene	(iv)	Chromosomes align at the equatorial plate

Which among the following image represents the prophase II of meiosis?

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