Plastids used in storing proteins are called as:

(1) Amyloplasts

(2) Aleuroplasts

(3) Elaioplasts

(4) Chromoplasts

A centriole-like structure, from which the cilium and the flagellum emerge, is the:

1. Centrosome

2. Basal body

3. Axoneme

4. Vimentin

The outer membrane of the nucleus:

I. is continuous with the Endoplasmic reticulum

II. does not bear ribosomes.

1. Only I is correct

2. Only II is correct

3. Both I and II are correct

4. Both I and II are incorrect

If the centromere is situated close to the end of a chromosome, it is called as:

1. Metacentric

2. Submetacentric

3. Acrocentric

4. Telocentric

The lipid component of the plasma membrane mainly consists of:

1. Triglycerides

2. Cholesterol

3. Phosphoglycerides

4 Proteins

All the following are the part of a eukaryotic cell endomembranous system except:

1. Vacuole

2. Lysosome

3. Golgi complex

4. Mitochondria

A feature unique to prokaryotes would be:

1. A cell wall not made up of cellulose

2. An extrachromosomal plasmid DNA

3. A cell membrane of peptidoglycan

4. Presence of inclusions

Chromatophores are:

1. present in liopolysaccharide layer of gram negative bacteria

2. colored pigments present in fluorescent bacteria

3. vesicles that store pigments in prokaryotic cells

4. extensions on membrane in cynobacteria 

The tail of the phospholipid molecule:

1. is hydrophilic and composed of phosphate

2. is hydrophilic and composed of saturated hydrocarbons

3. is hydrophobic and composed of saturated hydrocarbons

4. is hydrophobic and composed of unsaturated hydrocarbons

In animal cells, lipid-like steroidal hormones are synthesized in the:

1. Nucleus

2. Rough endoplasmic reticulum

3. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

4. Golgi apparatus