Cell Structure & Organelles MCQs with Answers

A group of similar cells combine together to form _?

• A.Organ
• B.Tissue
• C.Organ System
• D.Organism

Vacuole stores different types of substances like water and salts if in abundance. Which one of the following is true about the vacuole in plant cells compared to animal cells?

• A.Plant cells have a large central vacuole; animal cells have small scattered vacuoles.
• B.Animal cells have a large central vacuole; plant cells have small scattered vacuoles.
• C.Both plant and animal cells have a single large central vacuole.
• D.Plant cells lack vacuoles; animal cells have many small vacuoles.

Amoeba and paramecium are made up of one cell, that's why they are called unicellular, while plants and animals are made up of many cells, so we call them?

• A.Multicellular
• B.Bicellular
• C.Polycellular
• D.Tricellular

Which part of cell controls all the chemical reactions of the cell and it contains chromosomes?

• A.Nucleus
• B.Mitochondria
• C.Cytoplasm
• D.Ribosome

All are the functions of the lysosome EXCEPT:

• A.Intracellular digestion
• B.Autophagy (removal of worn-out organelles)
• C.Lipid synthesis
• D.Autolysis (self-destruction of cell)

Which are containing air, liquid or food particles found in the cytoplasm and are small and numerous?

• A.Mitochondria
• B.Ribosomes
• C.Vacuoles
• D.Lysosomes

Which organelle is responsible for ATP production?

• A.Ribosome
• B.Lysosome
• C.Golgi apparatus
• D.Mitochondria

Internal program of events due to which a cell commits suicide and kills itself is called _?

• A.Autophagy
• B.Necrosis
• C.Apoptosis
• D.Cytolysis

Water makes approximately 70% of the body tissues and is an essential component of cell _?

• A.Cytoplasm
• B.Protoplasm
• C.Nucleoplasm
• D.Cell membrane

The idea that new cells originate from pre-existing cells was proposed by ?

• A.Robert Hooke
• B.Rudolph Virchow
• C.Theodor Schwann
• D.Matthias Schleiden