Here Are 50 Multiple-Choice Questions (Mcqs) Based On The
UNIT OF LIFE
Indian Syllabus
**1. What is the basic structural and functional unit of life?**
a) Cell
b) Tissue
c) Organ
d) Organism
**Answer: a) Cell**
**2. Who is credited with the discovery of cells?**
a) Robert Hooke
b) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Gregor Mendel
**Answer: a) Robert Hooke**
**3. Which cell organelle is responsible for energy production?**
a) Nucleus
b) Mitochondria
c) Golgi apparatus
,d) Endoplasmic reticulum
**Answer: b) Mitochondria**
**4. Which type of cells lack a well-defined nucleus?**
a) Prokaryotic cells
b) Eukaryotic cells
c) Animal cells
d) Plant cells
**Answer: a) Prokaryotic cells**
**5. What is the function of ribosomes in a cell?**
a) Synthesizing lipids
b) Protein synthesis
c) Energy production
d) DNA replication
**Answer: b) Protein synthesis**
**6. Which cell organelle is responsible for detoxification and lipid metabolism?**
a) Lysosome
b) Peroxisome
c) Nucleus
d) Chloroplast
, **Answer: b) Peroxisome**
**7. Which organelle is responsible for modifying, packaging, and distributing
proteins?**
a) Mitochondria
b) Lysosome
c) Golgi apparatus
d) Endoplasmic reticulum
**Answer: c) Golgi apparatus**
**8. Which cell organelle contains digestive enzymes and is involved in cell waste
disposal?**
a) Nucleus
b) Ribosome
c) Lysosome
d) Vacuole
**Answer: c) Lysosome**
**9. Which of the following is found only in plant cells and not in animal cells?**
a) Mitochondria
b) Centrioles
c) Nucleus
UNIT OF LIFE
Indian Syllabus
**1. What is the basic structural and functional unit of life?**
a) Cell
b) Tissue
c) Organ
d) Organism
**Answer: a) Cell**
**2. Who is credited with the discovery of cells?**
a) Robert Hooke
b) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Gregor Mendel
**Answer: a) Robert Hooke**
**3. Which cell organelle is responsible for energy production?**
a) Nucleus
b) Mitochondria
c) Golgi apparatus
,d) Endoplasmic reticulum
**Answer: b) Mitochondria**
**4. Which type of cells lack a well-defined nucleus?**
a) Prokaryotic cells
b) Eukaryotic cells
c) Animal cells
d) Plant cells
**Answer: a) Prokaryotic cells**
**5. What is the function of ribosomes in a cell?**
a) Synthesizing lipids
b) Protein synthesis
c) Energy production
d) DNA replication
**Answer: b) Protein synthesis**
**6. Which cell organelle is responsible for detoxification and lipid metabolism?**
a) Lysosome
b) Peroxisome
c) Nucleus
d) Chloroplast
, **Answer: b) Peroxisome**
**7. Which organelle is responsible for modifying, packaging, and distributing
proteins?**
a) Mitochondria
b) Lysosome
c) Golgi apparatus
d) Endoplasmic reticulum
**Answer: c) Golgi apparatus**
**8. Which cell organelle contains digestive enzymes and is involved in cell waste
disposal?**
a) Nucleus
b) Ribosome
c) Lysosome
d) Vacuole
**Answer: c) Lysosome**
**9. Which of the following is found only in plant cells and not in animal cells?**
a) Mitochondria
b) Centrioles
c) Nucleus
