Cell Cycle

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Cell Cycle: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Cell Division, Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Phases of Cell Cycle, Interphase, Amitosis, G1 Phase, Interkinesis, M Phase, S Phase, G2 Phase and, G0 Phase

Important Questions on Cell Cycle

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Among eukaryotes, replication of DNA takes place in:

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Match List I with List II: 

List I List II
A. M phase I. Proteins are synthesized 
B. GPhase II. Inactive phase
C. Quiescent stage III. Interval between mitosis and initiation of DNA replication
D. G1 Phase IV. Equational Division

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: During Gphase of cell cycle, the cell is metabolically inactive.

Statement II: The centrosome undergoes duplication during S phase of the interphase.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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What would be the amount of DNA and ploidy of the cell after S phase if the initial amount of DNA is 2C and the ploidy is 2n?

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The phase of a cell cycle in which cell does not proliferate but remains metabolically active is called

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The following graphs (A and B) depict changes in DNA content during cell cycle. Identify the cell division from A and B.

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Maximum cytoplasmic growth and duplication of semi-autonomous organelles occur in:

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In mitosis, duplication of chromosomes occur during

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Centriole duplication occurs in which phase of cell cycle?

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In plant cells, cytokinesis occur by a method in which ......A..... develops from ......B...... to .....C......

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During interphase, nuclear genetic material is in shape of:

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In which of the following phase, protein required for cell division are synthesized?

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At what stage of the cell cycle are histone proteins synthesized in a eukaryotic cell?

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Before undergoing meiosis, the amount of DNA of a cell

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Cell division takes place when the cell

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Select the correct matching.

  Column-I   Column-II
(A) G1 phase (1) Gap 1 phase
(B) Cytokinesis (2) Nuclear division
(C) Karyokinesis (3) Cytoplasmic division
(D) S phase (4) Synthesis phase

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Interphase is also called resting stage because

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Most of the cell organelle duplicate during

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G0 phase is characterized by

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Those cells which do not divide enter _______ phase from G1phase.