Cell Structure and Organelles MCQs Quiz 14

1. Chromatid separation,  is a key event that occurs during _______ of meiosis or mitosis

 Prophase

 Metaphase

 Telophase

 Anaphase

2. Telomere shortening occurs mainly due to _______________

 Incomplete replication of chromosome ends

 RNA instability

 Protein degradation

 Excess ATP production

3. Telocentric chromosomes have _______

 Terminal centromere

 Two centromeres

 No centromere

 Central centromere

4. Telocentric chromosomes are _______ in humans

 Rare

 Common

 Absent

 Highly abundant

5. The dark reaction (Calvin cycle) occurs in _______ of the chloroplast

 Cytoplasm

 Granum

 Thylakoid

 Stroma

6. Chromosomes lacking a centromere are called _______

 Polycentric chromosomes

 Telocentric chromosomes

 Metacentric chromosomes

 Acentric chromosomes

7. Telomeres are best described as ______________

 Random DNA segments in the cytoplasm

 RNA sequences in the nucleus

 Short, repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of linear chromosomes

 Protein-only structures at chromosome ends

8. The conversion of chloroplasts into chromoplasts occurs during _______

 Leaf fall

 Cell division

 Seed germination

 Fruit ripening

9. Which plastid contains chlorophyll?

 Chloroplast

 Leucoplast

 Chromoplast

 Amyloplast

10. Fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes is mediated by _____________

 ATP synthase

 DNA ligases

 SNARE proteins

 Polymerases

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Cell Structure and Organelles MCQs Quiz 14

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