Chapter 4: Cell Cycle - Biology Mcqs for High School - Grade 9 - Set 5

1)   The furrow pinches the parent cell and the parent cell is pinched into

a. eight daughter cells
b. six daughter cells
c. four daughter cells
d. two daughter cells
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ANSWER: two daughter cells

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2)   The three phases (in sequence) of the interphase of meiosis are

a. G1, S phase, G2
b. S phase, G2, G1
c. G2, S phase, G1
d. G1, G3, G2
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ANSWER: G1, S phase, G2

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3)   After growth of spindle fibers until sufficient length, the spindle fibers are known as

a. metaphase fibers
b. phragmoplast fibers
c. cytokinesis fibers
d. kinetochores fibers
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ANSWER: kinetochores fibers

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4)   The set of spindle fibers formed in prophase are called

a. mitotic fibers
b. micro spindle
c. meiotic fibers
d. mitotic spindle
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ANSWER: mitotic spindle

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5)   The second phase of the cell cycle is called

a. nucleotides
b. chromatins
c. synthesis
d. epidermis
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ANSWER: synthesis

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6)   The microtubules formed in prophase are called

a. spindle fibers
b. mitotic fibers
c. micro fibers
d. micro centromere
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ANSWER: spindle fibers

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7)   During cytokinesis in plants, the vesicles are moved to the middle of the cell to form

a. cell plate
b. cleavage plate
c. fibrous plate
d. chromatin plate
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ANSWER: cell plate

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8)   The number of phases in the cell cycle are

a. five
b. three
c. four
d. two
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ANSWER: three

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9)   In the anaphase I, the chromosome is pulled to the one pole to form

a. four diploid sets
b. two diploid sets
c. two haploid sets
d. four haploid sets
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ANSWER: two haploid sets

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10)   The example of an organism which reproduces through budding is

a. paramecium
b. hydra
c. flagella
d. jelly fish
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ANSWER: hydra

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11)   The short period of the phase of the cell cycle is

a. exocytosis phase
b. endocytosis phase
c. mitotic phase
d. meiotic phase
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ANSWER: mitotic phase

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12)   The karyokinesis is also known as division of

a. centrioles
b. nucleus
c. chromosomes
d. nucleotides
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ANSWER: nucleus

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13)   The interphase is followed by

a. meiosis I only
b. meiosis II only
c. meiosis III
d. meiosis I and II
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ANSWER: meiosis I and II

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14)   The apoptosis is more sequential than

a. macro meiosis
b. enzymatic mitosis
c. necrosis
d. micro meiosis
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ANSWER: necrosis

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15)   The separation of sister chromosomes during anaphase II is called

a. non-disjunction
b. disjunction
c. diploid budding
d. haploid budding
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ANSWER: disjunction

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16)   The phase which is a reversal of prophase is called

a. prophase I
b. anaphase I
c. telophase I
d. metaphase I
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ANSWER: telophase I

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17)   The process by which the homologous chromosomes forms pairs by lining up with each other is called

a. electro kinesis
b. interkinesis
c. intrakinesis
d. synapsis
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ANSWER: synapsis

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18)   The second part of meiosis which is similar to mitosis is

a. meiosis I
b. meiosis II
c. meiosis III
d. meiosis IV
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ANSWER: meiosis II

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19)   The chromatin converted into the ordered structures known as

a. ribosomes
b. chromosomes
c. lysosomes
d. centrosome
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ANSWER: chromosomes

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20)   The basis of development from a single cell into a multicellular body is

a. osmosis
b. infusion
c. mitosis
d. meiosis
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ANSWER: mitosis

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