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Approximately how many cells are present in the body of an adult person?

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Important Questions on Cell: The Basic Unit of Life

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"All the plants and animals are composed of cells and the cell is the basic unit of life". The given statement is for which of the following theories?
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_____ is the ability of a single cell to produce a fertile, adult individual.
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_____ include/s glycogen, poly-β- hydroxybutyrate granules, sulphur granules and gas vesicles.
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The _____ cells are loosely packed so that large intercellular spaces are found.
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What does DNA stands for in biology? 

 

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Consider the following statements regarding the inner membrane of the mitochondria.

I. It keeps a high concentration of H+ in the intermembrane space.

II. It helps to arrange the different molecules of the electron transport chain in the right order.

III. It has proteins and phospholipids.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Consider the following statements:

I. The chloroplast is involved in photosynthesis.

II. Mitochondria are considered as a powerhouse of the cell.

III. Ribosomes are involved in water movement in the cell.

Which of the following option is correct?

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Which of the following statement is correct about cell divisions?
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The breakdown of glucose to pyruvate takes place in the _____ during energy production.
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What is the name of the point at which the chromatids are attached to a chromosome?
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Consider the following statements related to the mitosis of an animal cell.

I. Cells have the least amount of DNA in the interphase period.

II. The amount of DNA throughout the interphase is not constant.

III. The nucleus has all DNA.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Consider the following statements:

I. Prokaryotic cells have a primitive nucleus (without a nuclear membrane).

II. Eukaryotic cells have a true nucleus (with nuclear membrane).

Which of the following option is correct?

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The powerhouse of a cell is the:

 

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Which of the following statements is not true?
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Which of the following organelles are called the protein factories of the cell?
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Which one of the following cell organelles oxidizes very long fatty acid chains?
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A fungal cell wall is made up of_____.
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Mitosis Promoting Factor (MPF) has two key subunits one is catalytic and the other is regulatory. Which one of the following is the regulatory subunit?
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Which cell component among the following is responsible for the process of detoxification of foreign substances using cytochrome P450 in the mammalian liver?
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Consider the following statements regarding stem cells:

1. In our day-to-day lives, stem cells regularly replace dead cells from our body tissues.
2. Stem cells help in understanding the occurrence of degenerative diseases.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?