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Practice Cell: Structure and Function – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

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  1. Question 1

    Arrange the following discoveries in the cell's history in the correct chronological order.

    1. Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in the cell.

    2. Virchow stated that all cells arise from pre-existing cells.

    3. Robert Hooke saw cells in a thin slice of cork.

    Select the correct chronological order.

  2. Question 2

    Which one of the following pairs of scientist and contribution is correctly matched?

  3. Question 3

    Who first saw free-living cells, and where did he observe them?

  4. Question 4

    What is the movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane, from a region of higher water concentration to a region of lower water concentration, called?

  5. Question 5

    Consider the following statements about the cell theory:

    1. Schleiden and Schwann stated that all plants and animals are made of cells.

    2. Virchow added that every cell arises from a pre-existing cell.

    3. Robert Brown was one of the two scientists who proposed the cell theory.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  6. Question 6

    Which cell organelle produces energy in the form of ATP and also has its own DNA and ribosomes?

  7. Question 7

    Which one of the following pairs of cell part and its function is NOT correctly matched?

  8. Question 8

    Leucoplasts are plastids found in plant cells. What is their main function?

  9. Question 9

    Find the odd one out with respect to features that are typical of plant cells but not of animal cells.

  10. Question 10

    What is the role of the large central vacuole in a plant cell?

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