MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS : SET – 1
1. Who was the first scientist to use an instrument for biological studies in 1665?
(a) Robert Hooke
(b) Schwann
(c) Schleiden
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
2. The two German scientists who proposed the "cell theory" were
(a) Mendel and "Darwin
(b) Theodore Schwann and Matthias Schleiden
(c) Virchow and Purkinje
(d) porter and Palade
Ans: (b)
3. Which one of the following cells helps in storing water and food materials?
(a) Parenchyma cell
(b) Flame cell
(c) Nematoblast
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
4. Nucleus was first discovered by
(a) Porter
(b) Robert Brown
(c) Palade
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
5. Which of the following organelles is known as the "power House" of the cell?
(a) Golgi Bodies
(b) Ribosomes
(c) Mitochondria
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)
6. The smallest size of a cell which can be seen directly by the eye is
(a) One micron
(b) 10 micron
(c) 100 micron
(d) 1000 micron
Ans: (c)
7. The primary energy for living organisms is
(a) Solar energy
(b) Chemical energy
(c) Mitochondria
(d) ATP
Ans: (a)
8. The cortex of human brain normally consists of
(a) five billion, two hundred million cells
(b) nine billion, two hundred million cells
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