If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes:

1. Triploid

2. Tetraploid

3. Diploid

4. Monoploid

Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) |
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AIPMT - 2002
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At which stage of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur:
1. G1 - phase
2. S - phase
3. G2 - phase
4. M - phase

Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
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AIPMT - 2000
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The cells of the quiescent centre are characterised by: 

1. Having dense cytoplasm and prominent nuclei

2. Having light cytoplasm and small nuclei

3. Dividing regularly to add to the corpus

4. Dividing regularly to add to tunica

Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
AIPMT - 2003
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The best material for the study of mitosis in the laboratory:

1. Anther

2. Root tip

3. Leaf tip

4. Ovary

Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
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AIPMT - 2002
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Spindle fiber unites with which structure of chromosomes:
1. Chromocenter
2. Chromomere
3. Kinetochore
4. Centriole

Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) |
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AIPMT - 2000
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If you are provided with the root tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes, which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into?

1. Telophase

2. Anaphase

3. Prophase

4. Metaphase 

Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) |
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AIPMT - 2004
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Amount of cellular DNA increases during:

1. Cytokinesis 2. Fertilisation
3. Mutation 4. Respiration
Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I |
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AIPMT - 1999
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In the somatic cell cycle:
 

1. DNA replication takes place in S-phase
2. A short interphase is followed by a long mitotic phase
3. \(G_2\) phase follows the mitotic phase
4. In  the \(G_1\) phase, DNA content is double the amount of DNA present in the original cell
Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
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AIPMT - 2004
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Crossing over that results in genetic recombination in higher organisms occurs between:
1. Non-sister chromatids of a bivalent
2. Two daughter nuclei
3. Two different bivalents
4. Sister chromatids of a bivalent

Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I |
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AIPMT - 2004
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Which one of the following precedes the reformation of the nuclear envelope during the M phase of the cell cycle:
 

1. Decondensation from chromosomes and reassembly of the nuclear lamina
2. Formation of the contractile ring and formation of the phragmoplast
3. Formation of the contractile ring and transcription from chromosomes
4. Transcription from chromosomes and reassembly of the nuclear lamina
Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) |
 65%
AIPMT - 2004
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