CH-1: FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE BIOLOGY / CLASS-IX
SECTION-A
Fill in the blanks :
1. Protoplasm consist of two parts _________ and _________ .
2. _________ is the basic unit of life.
3. __________________ seprates the content of a cell from its surrounding medium.
4. Cell wall is absent in _________ cells
5. Cell wall is made up of _________ in plant cell.
6. ____________ allows exchange of substances between nucleus and cytoplasm.
7. _________ are units of hereditary material.
8. RER helps in the synthesis of _________.
9. When lysosomes bring self destruction of a cell, they are called _________.
10. Vacuoles are fluid filled sacs covered by a membrane called _________.
SECTION-B
1. Bacteria do not possess –
(A) DNA (B) RNA (C) Nucleus (D) Lipids
2. A non-living structure of cell is
(A) Cell wall (B) Plasma membrane (C) Cytoplasm (D) Nucleus
3. Choose correct option :
(A) Membrane biogenesis - ER (B) Power house - Golgi body
(C) Suicidal bags - Mitochondria (D) Director of cell - Chloroplast
4. Example of uni-membranous cell organelles are :
(A) Vacuole (B) Golgi body (C) ER (D) All of these
5. Protoplasm is :
(A) Alveolar (B) Granular (C) Fibrillar (D) Crystallo – colloid
6. Protoplasm excluding nucleus is called :
(A) Cytoplasm (B) Endoplasm (C) Ectoplasm (D) Protoplasm
7. Eukaryotic cells devoid of ER are :
(A) Liver cells (B) Kidney cell (C) Leucocyte (D) Mature erythrocytes
8. Sarcoplasmic reticulum is endoplasmic reticulum found in :
(A) Adipose cell (B) Muscle cell (C) Nerve cell (D) Leucocyte
9. SER takes part in synthesis of :
(A) lipids and steroids (B) vitamins (C) carbohydrate (D) all of the above
10. Besides protein, ribosomes contain :
(A) DNA (B) RNA (C) Both RNA & DNA (D) Lipids
11. Most abundant organelle of the cells are :
(A) Mitochondria (B) Plastids (C) Ribosomes (D) Golgi body
12. Golgi apparatus is concerned with :
(A) excretion (B) secretion (C) ATP synthesis (d) RNA synthesis
13. Main function of lysosome is :
(A) Secretion (B) Respiration
(C) Extracellular digestion (D) Intra cellular digestion
CH-1: FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE BIOLOGY / CLASS-IX
14. Mitochondiral matrix contains :
(A) Enzymes (B) DNA & RNA (C) Ribosomes (D) All of the above
15. Organelle covered by double membrane is :
(A) Nucleus (B) Mitochondria (C) Plastid (D) All of the above
16. Structural elements of chloroplasts are :
(A) plasto globuli (B) photosynthetic pigments
(C) thylakoids (D) quantasome
17. Centrioles are found :
(A) Singly (B) In Pairs (C) In Triplets (D) In Quadraplets
18. Liquid content of a vacuole is called :
(A) cell sap (B) matrix (C) nucleoid (D) core
19. A biomembrane is made up of :
(A) protein, lipids and carbohydrate (B) protein, lipids and RNA
(C) protein, lipids and DNA (D) protein, lipids and hormones
20. Most abundant lipid of cell membrane :
(A) cholestrol (B) phospholipid (C) glycolipid (D) none of these
SECTION-C
1. Why cell are small in size?
2. What is cell?
3. Why is the plasma membrane called a selectively permeable membrane?
4. What is the function of mitochondria?
5. Do plant cells contain centrioles?
6. How lysosomes keep cell clean?
7. What is membrane bio-genesis?
8. Write the function of nuclear pore.
9. What are genes and where these are located?
10. Name the following :
(a) structural and functional unit of life
(b) powerhouse of the cell.
(c) kitchen of a cell.
(d) Organelle which work as cytoskeleton in cell.
11. Write down only living parts of an eukaryotic cell.
12. Name the organelles having bacteria like chromosome.
13. Name the site where chlorophyll is present in chloroplast?
14. What are the three major functional regions of the cell?
15. Which cell organelle is responsible for release of energy as ATP?
16. Write differences between plant cell and animal cell.
17. Name two cell organelles which are semi-autonomous, why these called so?
18. Why are lysosomes are called as suicidal bags?
19. Where do the ribosomes get synthesised?
20. What will happen, if the organization of a cell is destroyed due to some physical or chemical influence.
21. Define diffusion and osmosis.
22. What are genes and where these found? Give its functions.
23. What is plasmolysis?
24. What is cell theory? Who formulated it?
CH-1: FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE BIOLOGY / CLASS-IX
SECTION-A
1. Which of the following is incorrect pair ?
(A) Nucleus-Brain of the cell (B) Mitochondria-Power house of the cell
(C) Chloroplast-Kitchen of the cell (D) Lysosome-Secretory granules.
2. Chlorophyll is present in
(A) Stroma (B) Cristae (C) Thylakoid (D) Matrix.
3. Ribosomes are made up of
(A) RNA (B) Proteins (C) Lipoprotein (D) Both A and B.
4. Colourless plastids are know as
(A) Leucoplasts (B) Chromoplasts (C) Chloroplasts (D) None of the above
5. Which of the following is known as "Physical basis of life" ?
(A) Gene (B) Protoplasm (C) Nucleolus (D) Mitochondria
6. Power house of the cell is
(A) Mitochondria (B) Golgi Apparatus (C) Lysosome (D) Chloroplast
7. Photosynthetic pigments are located in
(A) Stroma (B) Inner membrane of chloroplast
(C) Grana (D) Outer membrane of chloroplast.
8. Grapes placed in concentrated saline solution will
(A) Swell and burst (B) Become more juicy
(C) Shrink (D) Remain unchanged
9. First living cells were observed by :
(A) Robert Hooke (B) A.V. Leeuwenhoek
(C) Robert Brown (D) [Link]
10. Well defined nucleus is absent in :
(A) Plant cell (B) Animal cell (C) Eukaryotic cell (D) Prokaryotic cell
11. Which of the following is absent in plant cell ?
(A) Vacuole (B) Centriole (C) Cell membrane (D) Mitochondria
12. A colourless plastid is :
(A) Amyloplast (B) Elaioplast (C) Aleuroplast (D) All the above
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13. Mitochondria are the seat of :
(A) Kreb's cycle (B) Calvin cycle
(C) Anaerobic respiration (D) Trapping of sun light.
14. Membrane which allows passage of only solvent through it is :
(A) Differentially permeable (B) Semipermeable
(C) Impermeable (D) Both A and B.
15. Unicellular organisms take in oxygen and pass out carbon dioxide through :
(A) Endosmosis (B) Exosmosis (C) Both A and B (D) Diffusion.
16. Identify the phenomenon by which protoplast of a cell shrinks from the wall :
(A) Plasmolysis (B) Deplasmolysis (C) Osmosis (D) Diffusion
17. Which of the following can be made into crystal ?
(A) A Bacterium (B) An Amoeba (C) A Virus (D) A Sperm
18. A cell will swell up if :
(A) The concentration of water molecules in the cell is higher than the concentration of water molecules
in surrounding medium
(B) The concentration of water molecules in surrounding medium is higher than water molecules
concentration in the cell
(C) The concentration of water molecules is same in the cell and in the surrounding medium
(D) Concentration of water molecules does not matter.
19. Chromosomes are made up of :
(A) DNA (B) Protein (C) DNA and Protein (D) RNA
20. Plasmolysis in a plant cell is defined as :
(A) Break down (lysis) of plasma membrane in hypotonic medium
(B) Shrinkage of cytoplasm in hypertonic medium
(C) Shrinkage of nucleoplasm
(D) None of them
SECTION-B
Multiple choice question with one or more than one correct answers :
1. Vibrio cholerae is a cholera causing organism. It is :
(A) a bacterial cell (B) an animal
(C) an prokaryotic organism (D) pathogen
2. Grapes kept in a solution swell :
(A) solution is hypotonic
(B) solution is more concentrated
(C) Grapes are having more concentrated cell sap
(D) All of the above
3. Mitochondria is a power house of the cell. Which of the statement are correct?
(A) It helps in respiration (B) It contain cristae
(C) It contain photosynthetic enzyme (D) It is double membranous
CH-1: FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE BIOLOGY / CLASS-IX
4. Keratin is a type of :
(A) Protein (B) cytoskeleton (C) horns (D) All of these
5. Which of the following are correct regarding plasmalemma :
(A) It forms pseudopodia (B) It is semipermeable
(C) It appears to be fluid (D) It is selective
SECTION-C
Assertion & Reason :
Instructions: In the following questions as Assertion (A) is given followed by a Reason (R). Mark your
responses from the following options.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of ‘Assertion’
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of ‘Assertion’
(C) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(D) Assertion is false but Reason is true
1. Assertion: Cell place in a hypertonic solution shows plasmolysis
Reason: Not all cell shows plasmolysis.
2. Assertion: Plant cell remain cover by dead, rigid cell wall.
Reason: Due to cell wall, plant cells couldn’t change its shape.
SECTION-D
Match the following (one to one) :
Column-I and column-II contains four entries each. Entries of column-I are to be matched with some
entries of column-II. Only One entries of column-I may have the matching with the same entries of
column-II and one entry of column-II Only one matching with entries of column-I
1. Column I Column II
(A) Mitochondria (P) Secretion
(B) Golgi complex (Q) Digestive bags
(C) Lysosomes (R) ATP
(D) Centrosome (S) Cell division
Match the following (one to many) :
Column-I and column-II contains four entries each. Entries of column-I are to be matched with some
entries of column-II. One or more than one entries of column-I may have the matching with the same
entries of column-II and one entry of column-II may have one or more than one matching with entries of
column-I.
2. Column I Column II
(A) Cell membrane (P) Biocatalyst
(B) Enzyme (Q) Entry and exit
(C) Polymer of amino acid (R) Protein and lipid
(D) Ribosome (S) Protein
CH-1: FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE BIOLOGY / CLASS-IX
SECTION-E
Comprehension
Continuity of living organism depends upon the process of cell division. For a cell to divide normally
instruction comes from Nuclues.
Nucleus contain DNA, RNA and protein. DNA together with a nucleoprotein form chromosome. These
chromosomes are in a thread like structure in a resting cell.
1. The nucleoprotein present in nucleus is :
(A) Rhizome (B) Histone (C) Insulin (D) None of these
2. DNA is :
(A) Deoxyribose acid (B) Deoxyribose sugar
(C) Deoxyribo nucleic acid (D) Deoxynucleic acid
3. Protein are the polymer of :
(A) Fatty acid (B) Nucleic acid (C) Amino acid (D) Citric acid
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