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The Fundamental Unit of Life (Class - IX)

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Which of the following is the smallest known cell?

  1. Bacterial cell

  2. Mycoplasma

  3. Nerve cell

  4. Human liver cell

  5. Red blood cell


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mycoplasma is the smallest known cell. It is about 0.1 micrometres in diameter.

Which of the following is/are the main cellular site for ATP (adenosine triphosphate) generation?

  1. Mitochondria

  2. Lysosome

  3. Golgi apparatus

  4. Vacuoles

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct answer as mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. It uses molecular oxygen and generates energy-rich compound (ATP). 

Leaves, flowers and young shoots maintain their turgidity and stretchability due to

  1. osmosis

  2. diffusion

  3. plasmolysis

  4. endocytosis

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Osmosis is a vital function for the growth and stability of a plant.

Which of the following matchings is incorrect?

  1. Plasma membrane - covers and protect the cell contents

  2. Cytoplasm - all cell organelles are suspended in it

  3. Endoplasmic reticulum - helps in intracellular transport

  4. Golgi bodies - stores, condenses and packs material

  5. Lysosomes - sites of cellular respiration


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is an incorrect pair as lysosomes are not the site of cellular respiration. 

The change of colour from green to red during ripening of tomatoes and chillies is due to

  1. transformation of chromoplasts into chloroplasts

  2. transformation of chloroplasts into chromoplasts

  3. transformation of chloroplasts into leucoplasts

  4. transformation of leucoplasts into chloroplasts

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct answer because green colour of tomatoes and chillies is due to chloroplast and this chloroplast gets converted into chromoplast.

Which of the following is the director of a cell?

  1. Nucleus

  2. Mitochondrion

  3. Lysosome

  4. Plastid

  5. Ribosome


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The nucleus is often called the director of a cell because it controls all the metabolic and other cell functions.

Which of the following cell organelles of a plant cell is referred to as "the kitchen room" of a cell?

  1. Leucoplast

  2. Chloroplast

  3. Chromoplast

  4. Lysosome

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chloroplast (green plastid) helps in photosynthesis. It is known as "the kitchen room" of a cell.

Which of the following store(s) starch in a plant cell?

  1. Ribosomes

  2. Nucleus

  3. Leucoplasts

  4. Chloroplasts

  5. Chromoplasts


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Leucoplasts are primary organelles in which materials such as starch, oils and protein granules get stored. Leucoplasts are also known as white plastids.

Which of the following is/are known as the waste disposal system?

  1. Mitochondria

  2. Plastids

  3. Lysosomes

  4. Golgi apparatus

  5. Vacuoles


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Lysosomes secrete digestive enzymes. They help to keep a cell clean by digesting any foreign material.

Which of the following act(s) as the skeletal framework of a cell?

  1. Endoplasmic reticulum

  2. Lysosomes

  3. Ribosomes

  4. Cytoplasm

  5. Nucleus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Endoplasmic reticulum divides the cytoplasm into small compartments. It gives rigidity to a cell. 

Which of the following will happen when dry raisins are left for some time in pure water and later into salt solution?

  1. Raisins first swell up and shrink later.

  2. Raisins first shrink and swell later.

  3. No effect on raisins first, but they swell later

  4. No effect on raisins

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct answer because when raisins are put into pure water, the concentration inside raisins of water is less. Due to this, water from outside penetrates the raisins and they swell up. When they are put inside the salt solution, concentration of water is more inside than outside. Thus, water penetrates outside the walls of the raisins and they shrink.

The absorption of water by plant roots is an example of

  1. plasmolysis

  2. Exocytosis

  3. Diffusion

  4. Endocytosis

  5. Osmosis


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Osmosis is the correct answer as it involves the movement of water molecules from a region of high concentration to low concentration.

Which of the following is/are known as the energy currency of a cell?

  1. Adenosine triphosphate

  2. Ribosomes

  3. Lysosomes

  4. Mitochondria

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adenosine triphosphate is often known as the energy currency of cell because the energy required for various chemical activities needed for life is released by mitochondria in the form of ATP. 

Which of the following cell organelles is/are found only in plant cell?

  1. Plastids

  2. Ribosomes

  3. Lysosomes

  4. Nucleus

  5. Mitochondria


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Plastids are present only in plant cell. 

What will happen if a cell has lower water concentration than the surrounding medium?

  1. Exosmosis

  2. Endosmosis

  3. No effect on cell

  4. Diffusion

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Endosmosis is the movement of water inside the cell from a region of higher concentration to lower concentration. 

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