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(BIOLOGY)
Chapter: Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Multiple Choice Answer Type Questions Assertion and Reason Answer Type Questions
1. Tetrad is made up of: 9. Read the Assertion and Reason carefully to mark the
(1) four homologous chromosomes with four correct option out of the options given below.
chromatids. Assertion (A): Crossing over takes place in meiosis.
(2) four non-homologous chromosomes. Reason (R): Meiosis maintains genetic similarity of
(3) four non-homologous chromatids. somatic cells.
(4) two homologous chromosomes, each with two (1) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the
chromatids. true, and Reason (R) is a correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
2. A plant cell has 12 chromosomes before mitosis.
(2) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the
How many chromosomes would it have in each of
true, but Reason (R) is not a correct
daughter cells after mitosis?
explanation of Assertion (A).
(1) 24 (2) 12
(3) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(3) 8 (4) 6
(4) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
3. Chiasmata occurs in:
Very Short Answer Type Questions
(1) Leptotene (2) Pachytene
(3) Zygotene (4) Diplotene 10. What is the main difference between Anaphase I and
Anaphase II?
4. Bivalent is formed during:
(1) Pachytene (2) Diplotene 11. What do you understand by interkinesis?
(3) Zygotene (4) Diakinesis
12. In which phase it is decided that a cell is going to
5. During Cytokinesis, cell plate represent: divide or not?
(1) primary lamella (2) secondary lamella
(3) middle lamella (4) both (1) & (3) 13. Which phase is responsible for duplication of the
genetic material of a cell?
6. Which of the following shows equational division?
(1) Meiosis I (2) Meiosis II
Short Answer Type Questions
(3) Mitosis (4) 2 and 3 both
14. Why is interphase also known as the resting phase?
7. Which of the following statements are CORRECT?
(1) Mitosis only occurs in haploid cells. 15. Differentiate between cytokinesis of plant cells and
(2) Meiosis only occurs in haploid cells. animal cells.
(3) Meiosis always occurs in diploid cells.
(4) All of these 16. What is the significance of crossing over during
meiosis?
8. Which of the following stages represents the last
stage of prophase-I ?
Long Answer Type Questions
(1) Diplotene (2) Diakinesis
(3) Zygotene (4) Pachytene 17. What is the significance of mitosis?

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Case Based Study Answer Type Questions II. What will be the DNA content of the cells at G1,
after S and at G2, if the content after M phase is 2C?
18. Read the above text and answer the following
(1) 2C, 4C and 2C (2) 2C, 4C and 4C
questions.
(3) 2C, 2C and 4C (4) 4C, 4C and 4C
In a laboratory experiment a teacher is
demonstrating microscopic slides to study mitosis in
III. What is the name of the stage at which the cell is
onion root tip cells. All chromosomes are arranged
being observed?
at the equatorial plate of the cell. There are 16
(1) Metaphase I (2) Metaphase
chromosomes in each cell.
(3) Anaphase I (4) Metaphase II
I. How many chromosomes will the cell have at G1
phase, after S phase, and after M phase respectively?
(1) 16, 16 and 16 (2) 16, 16 and 8
(3) 16, 32 and 16 (4) 8, 16, 8

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 Answer Key

1. (4) 6. (4)
2. (2) 7. (3)
3. (4) 8. (2)
4. (3) 9. (3)
5. (3) 18. I-(1) , II-(2), III-(2)

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 Hints & Solutions

Multiple Choice Answer Type Questions Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. (4) 10. The difference between anaphase I and anaphase II
Tetrads are formed in prophase-I of meiosis I. A is that in anaphase I, homologous chromosomes are
tetrad consists of two homologous chromosomes, separated from each other while in anaphase II,
each with two chromatids. sister chromatids are separated from each other.
Anaphase I is carried out by diploid cells while
2. (2) anaphase II is carried out by haploid cells.
Mitosis is the division of somatic cells in which the
genetic content or number of chromosomes remain 11. The stage between the two meiotic divisions is
same in daughter cells. called interkinesis.
So, the correct option is '2'
12. In G1 phase it is decided whether the cell will
3. (4) divide or not.
Diplotene- A stage of meiotic prophase in which
homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate 13. S phase is responsible for duplication of the genetic
and chiasmata become visible. material of cell.

4. (3)
Short Answer Type Questions
Zygotene - Synapsis of homologous chromosomes,
formation of the bivalent (tetrad) and the 14. Interphase is a series of changes that take place in
synaptonemal complex. a newly formed cell and its nucleus before it
becomes capable of division again. It is called
5. (3) resting phase of the cell because there is no apparent
The cell plate that is formed during cell division activity related to cell division in this phase.
itself develops into middle lamella or lamellum.
The middle lamella is made up of calcium and 15. Plant Cell Animal Cell
magnesium pectates. Cytokinesis Cytokinesis
(i) The plant cells are The animal cells are
6. (4)
divided by the divided by the
Mitosis and Meiosis II are called equational
formation of a cell formation of a
division because there is no change in the number
plate in the middle cleavage furrow on
of chromosomes in parent cell and daughter cell.
of the mother cell. both the sides of the
mother cell.
7. (3)
Mitosis only occurs in haploid cells. (ii) The division The division
happens happens
8. (2) centrifugally, that is, centripetally, that is,
In Diakinesis chromosomes are fully condensed the cell plate moves the cleavage furrow
and prepared for segregation; the nuclear envelope from the centre to grows from the
breaks down, leading into metaphase I. the periphery. periphery to the
centre.
Assertion and Reason Answer Type Questions (iii) The vesicles from No such event takes
9. (3) Golgi apparatus place in the animal
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false. carry cell wall cell.

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 material to the Long Answer Type Questions
equator of the cell 17. Mitosis:
and form a cell plate 1. Mitosis is the process of cell replication in
that moves towards which the chromosomes are replicated.
the periphery of the 2. It produces identical nuclei, which are then
cell. segregated into two daughter cells.
3. Mitosis occurs in four phases-prophase,
(iv) The cell membrane The cell membrane
metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
does not pinch. is pinched off into
two daughter cells. Significance of mitosis:
1. Mitosis helps to maintain the number of
chromosomes during cell division.
16. The process which results in recombination by
2. This process is important for the growth of
exchange of the segments between non-sister
organisms.
chromatids of homologous chromosomes is called
3. It helps to repair damaged tissues.
crossing over. It takes place in the pachytene stage
4. For simpler organisms (unicellular eukaryotic
of prophase-I of meiosis. Crossing over occurs
organisms), mitosis serves as a mode of
between these chromatids in the region of chiasma.
reproduction.
Significance of crossing over:
5. It helps in the meristematic tissues-the apical
1. Crossing over leads to the production of a new
and the lateral cambium, results in a
combination of genes.
continuous growth of plants throughout their
2. It plays an important role in the process of
life. It also occurs in parts of a plant such as
evolution.
leaves, fruits, etc.
3. The crossing over frequency helps in the
construction of genetic maps.
Case Based Study Answer Type Questions
4. It gives us the evidence for a linear
arrangement of linked genes in a chromosome. 18. I-(1) , II-(2), III-(2)

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