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Most powerful digestive enzyme occurs in which cell organelle

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Important Questions on The Basic Unit of Life

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A biology teacher placed a hen’s egg in three different solutions:
 Solution A: Pure water,
 Solution B: saturated salt solution,
 Solution C: Hydrochloric acid
 The sequence of treatments and the ensuring probable effect on the egg are listed below:
 I. A - B - C -Remains unchanged
 II. B - C - A - Swells
 III. C - A - B - Shrinks
 IV. B - A - C - Loses salts
 Based on the above sequence to treatment which one of the options will be correct?
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Which of the following is not found in prokaryotes except?
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Suggest which among the following is not a function attributed to endoplasmic reticulum.
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The eukaryotic chromosomes are made up of
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Glucose is the prime source of energy in our body. However it is stored in the form of glycogen in the muscle and liver of animals and in the form of starch in plants. As a result, every time a cell requires glucose, it must hydrolyze glycogen which is an energy-consuming process. Why does the cell store glycogen instead of glucose in free form?

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Lipid molecule in the cell are synthesised by-
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The plasma membrane (pm) forms the boundary of lung cells. Which of the following statements is true for the pm?
A. Plasma membrane is a semipermeable membrane
B. Water moves across the pm by osmosis.
C. O2 and CO2 can cross the pm by diffusion.
D. Na+ and K+ ions can pass the pm by diffusion.
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What will happen to cells of cyanobacteria if they are placed in purified water?
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Eukaryotic cells contain several membrane-bound subcellular structures called Organelles. The vacuole is one such organelle found in both animal and plant
cells. Which of the following statement are true for vacuoles?
A. Contain cell sap.
B. Provide turgidity to the plant cell.
C. Plant cell vacuoles are smaller than animals cell vacuoles.
D. Vacuoles store amino acids, sugar, acids and contain protein.
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In simple organisms, exchange of gases and excretion occurs through –
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Which of the following is not a divisional stage
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What is the number of chromosomes present in human gametes?
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Raisin placed in which solution will swell up
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Which of the following is/are correct statement(s)?
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DNA synthesis occurs in which stage of cell cycle.
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Which of the following is known as the ‘suicide bag’ of the cell?
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Which cell organelle is termed as 'Suicidal Bag'?