Class 8 Science HOTS Questions - Cell - Structure and Functions (Old Syllabus)

Topic: The Cell & Fundamental Unit of life MCQ

Q.1: The largest cell in the human body is -

(a) Nerve cell          

(b) Muscle cell  

(c) Liver cell   

(d) Kidney cell

Q.2: The barrier between the protoplasm and the other environment in an animal cells -

(a) Cell wall   

(b) Nuclear membrane  

(c) Tonoplast    

(d) Plasma membrane

Q.3: The term ‘Cell’ was given by -

(a) Leeuwenhoek       

(b) Robert hooke        

(c) Flemming        

(d) Robert Brown

Q.4: Who proposed the cell theory? 

(a) Schleiden and Schwann    

(b) Watson and Crick 

(c) Darwin and Wallace

(d) Mendel and Morgan

Q.5: A plant cell differs from an animal cell in the absence of -

(a) Endoplasmic Reticulum  

(b) Mitochondria 

(c) Ribosome 

(d) Centrioles

Q.6: Centrosome is found in -

(a) Cytoplasm        

(b) Nucleus   

(c) Chromosomes   

(d) Nucleolus

Q.7: The power house of a cell is -

(a) Chloroplast 

(b) Mitochondrion  

(c) Golgi apparatus  

d) Nucleolus

Q.8: Within a cell the site of respiration (oxidation) is the -

(a) Ribosome        

(b) Golgi apparatus   

(c) Mitochondrion  

(d) Endoplasmic Reticulum

Q.9: Which is called ‘Suicidal Bag’?

(a) Centrosome         

(b) Lysosome            

(c) Mesosome          

(d) Chromosome

Q.10: Ribosomes are the center for -

(a) Respiration        

(b) Photosynthesis      

(c) Protein synthesis  

(d) Fat synthesis

Q.11: Double membrane is absent in -

(a) Mitochondrion      

(b) Chloroplast   

(c) Nucleus    

(d) Lysosome

Q.12: Cell organelle found only in Plant is -

(a) Golgi apparatus    

(b) Mitochondria   

 (c) Plastids   

(d) Ribosomes

Q.13: Organisms lacking nucleus and membrane bound organelle are -

(a) Diploids     

(b) Prokaryotes         

(c) Haploids        

(d) Eukaryotes

Q.14: Animal cell is limited by -

(a) Plasma membrane   

(b) Shell membrane 

(c) Cell wall

(d) Basement membrane

Q.15: The network of Endoplasmic Reticulum is present in the -

(a) Nucleus     

(b) Nucleolus   

(c) Cytoplasm 

(d) Chromosomes

Q.16: Lysosomes are reservoirs of -

(a) Fat     

 (b) RNA      

(c) Secretary Glycoprotein       

(d) Hydrolytic Enzymes

Q.17: The membrane surrounding the vacuole of a plant cell is called -

(a) Tonoplast   

(b) Plasma membrane 

(c) Nuclear membrane

(d) Cell wall

Q.18: Cell secretion is done by -

(a) Plastids 

(b) ER 

(c) Golgi apparatus

(d) Nucleolus

Q.19: Centrioles are associated with -

(a) DNA synthesis      

(b) Reproduction   

(c) Spindle formation 

(d) Respiration

Q.20: Main difference between animal cell and plant cell is -

(a) Chromosome      

(b) Ribosome         

(c) Lysosome      

(d) Endoplasmic Reticulum