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Endoplasmic Reticulum MCQs | Endoplasmic Reticulum Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Which of the following is the largest single membrane-bound intracellular compartment?
[A] Ribosome
[B] Golgi apparatus
[C] Nucleus
[D] Endoplasmic reticulum
Answer: Endoplasmic reticulum
(2) What is microsome?
[A] Compartment of Golgi
[B] Smaller ribosomes
[C] Small ER compartments
[D] Small vesicles of fragmented ER
Answer: Small vesicles of fragmented ER

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(3) Name the antibiotic which inhibits the synthesis of oligosaccharides?
[A] Tunicamycin
[B] Cephalosporins
[C] Penicillins
[D] Ofloxacin
Answer: Tunicamycin
(4) Name the site where detoxification of xenobiotic compounds takes place?
[A] Cytosol
[B] RER
[C] SER
[D] Ribosome
Answer: SER
(5) Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding ER?
[A] The adipose tissue has both SER and RER
[B] Plasma cells has RER only
[C] RBC lacks both RER and SER
[D] All of these
Answer: The adipose tissue has both SER and RER
(6) In RER, ribosomes are located on
[A] the cytoplasmic side
[B] on the luminal side
[C] both a and b
[D] None Of The Above
Answer: the cytoplasmic side
(7) Which of the following statements are true regarding endoplasmic reticulum
[A] ER provides structural framework to the cell
[B] ER acts as an intracellular transporting system
[C] SER is involved in synthesis of lipids
[D] All of these
Answer: All of these
(8) Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum is called ‘rough’ because
[A] Prough texture of the surface
[B] surface is studded with membrane proteins
[C] surface is studded with ribosomes
[D] All of these
Answer: surface is studded with ribosomes
(9) Which of the following sequence functions as signals for N-linked glycosylation
[A] Asn-X-Ser and Asn-X-Thr
[B] Asn-X-Ser and Asn-X-Pro
[C] Asn-X-Thr and Asn-X-Gly
[D] Asn-X-Gly
Answer: Asn-X-Ser and Asn-X-Thr
(10) DNA is present in
[A] chromosomes and dictyosomes
[B] chloroplasts and lysomes
[C] mitochondria and chloroplasts
[D] mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum
Answer: mitochondria and chloroplasts
(11) In which one of the following would you expect to find glyoxysomes?
[A] Endosperm of wheat
[B] Endosperm of castor
[C] Palisade cells in leaf
[D] Root hairs
Answer: Endosperm of castor
(12) What is common between chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts ?
[A] Presence of pigments
[B] Possession of thylakoids and grana
[C] Ability to multiply by a fission-like process
[D] None of the above
Answer: Ability to multiply by a fission-like process
(13) "Omnis-cellula-e-cellula" was given:
[A] Virchow
[B] Hooke
[C] Leeuwenhoek
[D] Brown
Answer: Virchow
(14) Which of the following is responsible for the mechanical support, protein synthesis and enzyme transport ?
[A] Cell membrane
[B] Mitochondria
[C] Endoplasmic reticulum
[D] All of these
Answer: Endoplasmic reticulum
(15) Specific proteins responsible for the flow of materials and information into the cell are called
[A] membrane receptors
[B] carrier proteins
[C] integral proteins
[D] none of these
Answer: carrier proteins
(16) Who invented electron microscope ?
[A] Jansen
[B] Edison
[C] Knoll and Ruska
[D] Landsteiner
Answer: Knoll and Ruska
(17) The microscope usually used for seeing living cells or tissues is
[A] compound microscope
[B] electron microscope
[C] phase contrast microscope
[D] light microscope
Answer: phase contrast microscope
(18) Which of the following organelles contain DNA? (i) Mitochondria (ii) Chloroplasts (iii) Golgi bodies (iv) Ribosomes
[A] (i) and (ii)
[B] (ii) and (iii)
[C] (i) only
[D] (iv) only
Answer: (i) and (ii)
(19) What is a plasmid ?
[A] Bacterial, linear, dsDNA
[B] Extra chromosomal linear RNA
[C] Extra chromosomal circular dsDNA
[D] Autonomously replicating circular RNA
Answer: Extra chromosomal circular dsDNA
(20) Genes present in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells are found in
[A] mitochondria and inherited via egg cytoplasm
[B] Lysosomes and peroxisomes
[C] lysosomes and peroxisomes
[D] None Of The Above
Answer: mitochondria and inherited via egg cytoplasm

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