The terms ‘slime layer’ and ‘capsule’ can be used for which layer of the complex cell envelope of a typical bacterial cell?
1. Glycocalyx
2. Gram positive cell wall
3. Gram negative cell wall
4. Cell membrane

Subtopic:  Prokaryotic Cell Organisation | Details of Prokaryotic Cell Structure |
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Mesosomes in a bacterial cell:
I: are formed by the extensions of plasma membrane into the cell.
II: help in cell wall formation, DNA replication and distribution to daughter cells.
III: contain pigments in cyanobacteria.
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
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Which of the following movement across a cell membrane will require the utilisation of ATP energy?
1. Movement of neutral solutes along the concentration gradient.
2. Osmosis of water from higher to lower concentration.
3. Movement of polar molecules along the concentration gradient facilitated by a carrier protein.
4. Transport of ions against their concentration gradient.
Subtopic:  Cell Membrane |
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Identify the incorrect statement regarding the cell wall of a plant cell:
1. Cell wall helps in cell-to-cell interaction and provides barrier to undesirable macromolecules.
2. Cell wall consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins and proteins.
3. The primary wall is capable of growth.
4. The secondary wall is formed on the outer (towards middle lamella) side of the cell.
Subtopic:  Eukaryotic Cell Orgenelle | Cell Wall |
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Lysosomes are:
I: vesicular structures not bound by a membrane and formed by the process of packaging in the Golgi apparatus.
II: very rich in almost all types of hydrolytic enzymes optimally active at an alkaline pH.

1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Lysosomes |
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The vacuole is bound by tonoplast which is:
1. a single membrane.
2. a double layered membrane with pore complexes.
3. a protein rich S layer.
4. freely permeable to all ions.
Subtopic:  Vacuole |
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A contractile vacuole will especially be highly useful for osmoregulation in:
1. a unicellular marine water organism.
2. a multicellular marine water organism.
3. a unicellular fresh water organism.
4. a multicellular large fresh water organism.
Subtopic:  Vacuole |
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Like mitochondria, the chloroplasts:
I: are also double membrane bound.
II: also contain small, double-stranded circular DNA molecules and ribosomes.

1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Plastids | Mitochondria |
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The stroma of chloroplasts:
1. is the space between the inner and the outer membrane of the chloroplast.
2. is the location of chlorophyll pigments.
3. contains enzymes required for the synthesis of carbohydrates and proteins.
4. contains small, single-stranded linear DNA molecules and 80 S ribosomes.
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Kinetochore:
1. is not visible in dividing cells.
2. is also called the primary constriction
3. is a proteinaceous disc shaped structure on the sides of the centromeres.
4. holds two chromatids of a chromosome.
Subtopic:  Nucleus: Chromosomes |
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