Vacuole in a plant cell:

1.	is membrane-bound and contains storage proteins and lipids
2.	is membrane-bound and contains water and excretory substances
3.	lacks membrane and contains air
4.	lacks membrane and contains water and excretory substances

In germinating seeds fatty acids are degraded exclusively in the

1. proplastids

2. glyoxysomes

3. peroxisomes

4. mitochondria

Which one of the following is not a constituent of cell membrane ?

1. Cholesterol

2. Glycolipids

3. Proline

4. Phospholipids

Lysozyme that is present in perspiration, saliva and tears, destroys:

1. certain fungi

2. certain types of bacteria

3. all viruses

4. most virus-infected cells

Select the wrong statement from the following:

1. both chloroplasts and mitochondria contain an inner and an outer membrane

2. both chloroplasts and mitochondria have an internal compartment, the thylakoid

space bounded by the thylakoid membrane

3. both chloroplasts and mitochondria contain DNA

4. the chloroplasts are generally much larger than mitochondria

Which of the following statements regarding mitochondrial membrane is not correct?

1. The outer membrane is permeable to all kinds of molecules

2. The enzymes of the electron transfer chain are embedded in the outer membrane

3. The inner membrane is highly convoluted forming a series of infoldings

4. The outer membrane resembles a sieve

Which of the following statements regarding cilia is not correct ?

1. The organized beating of cilia is controlled by fluxes of Ca²⁺ across the membrane

2. Cilia are hair-like cellular appendages

3. Microtubules of cilia are composed of tubulin

4. Cilia contain an outer ring of nine doublet microtubules surrounding two single

microtubules

The organelle common among prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell is

(1) centrosome

(2) ribosome

(3) peroxisome

(4) glyoxysome

Which one of the following phenomena is commonly referred as 'cell drinking?

1. Endocytosis

2. Exocytosis

3. Phagocytosis

4. Pinocytosis

If a chloroplast of plant is isolated and studied in a test tube the investigation is described

as

1. in vivo

2. in vitro

3. in situ

4. none of these.