Chapter 8 - Cell: The Unit of Life | Cell: The Unit of Life Quiz Questions







1. Which of the following organisms are not composed of cells?
(a) Amoeba (b) Paramecium
(c) Euglena (d) None
 2. Unicellular organisms are not capable of
(a) independent existence
(b) performing essential functions of life
(c) both
(d) none
 3. Who was the fi rst one to see a live cell?
(a) Robert Hook (b) Anton Leeuwenhoek
(c) Robert Brown (d) None
 4. Who was the Germen botanist to study diff erent cells forming plant tissues?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann
(c) Rudolf Virchow (d) None
 5. In which year Matthias Schleiden examined a large number of plants and observed that all
plants are composed of diff erent kinds of cells which form the tissues of the plant?
(a) 1638 (b) 1738 (c) 1838 (d) 1938
 6. In which year Schwann studied diff erent types of animal cells?
(a) 1839 (b) 1739 (c) 1639 (d) 1938
 7. Cell had a thin outer layer which is known as ‘Plasma membrane’. Who reported this?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann
(c) Virchow (d) Robert Hooke
 8. ‘Cell wall is a unique structure of plant cells’. Who concluded this?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann
(c) Both (d) None
 9. Who proposed the hypothesis that the bodies of animals and plants are composed of cells and
product of cells?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann (c) Both (d) None
 10. Who formulated the cell theory?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann (c) Both (d) None
 11. ‘Omnis Cellula-e cellular’ was given in the year _________
(a) 1756 (b) 1855 (c) 1945 (d) 1839
 12. Who was the one to describe that cells divided and new cells are formed from pre-existing
cells?
(a) Schleiden (b) Schwann (c) Virchow (d) All

13. Which of the following statement is not a part of fi nal cell theory?
(a) Cell has a thin outer layer called plasma membrane
(b) All living organisms are made up of cells and products of cells
(c) All cells arise from pre-existing cells
(d) All
 14. What is the outer covering of typical plant cell?
(a) Cell wall externally
(b) Plasma membrane externally
(c) Cell wall internally
(d) Cell wall externally, plasma membrane internally


Answer Keys

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