NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 8 Cell : The Unit of Life Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 8, Cell : The Unit of Life, from the NCERT Class 11 Biology textbook. The 40 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
40 mins
Questions
40 MCQs
Total Marks
40 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.Which pair of discoveries is correctly credited in the chapter?
- ARudolf Virchow first saw a live cell, and Camillo Golgi discovered the nucleus
- BMatthias Schleiden first saw a live cell, and Theodore Schwann discovered the nucleus
- CRobert Brown first saw and described a live cell, and Leeuwenhoek discovered the nucleus
- DAntonie Von Leeuwenhoek first saw and described a live cell, and Robert Brown later discovered the nucleus
Q2.Rudolf Virchow's contribution, summed up in the phrase Omnis cellula-e cellula, was the explanation that:
- AAll plants are composed of different kinds of cells forming tissues
- BThe presence of a cell wall is a unique character of plant cells
- CCells divide and new cells are formed from pre-existing cells
- DCells have a thin outer layer now known as the plasma membrane
Q3.Cells that lack a membrane bound nucleus are called prokaryotic, and organelles that are present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are the:
- ALysosomes, which contain hydrolytic enzymes
- BRibosomes, which are not bound by any membrane
- CMitochondria, which are the power houses of the cell
- DGolgi bodies, which package material for secretion
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