Class 9 Biology · Chapter 4 · Test 5
Cell Cycle Comprehensive
25 MCQs covering Interphase, G1, S, G2, G0, Mitosis, Meiosis, Cytokinesis, Genetic Variation, Nondisjunction, and the Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis
25 questions · 20 min · 25 marks
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Question 1
What is the cell cycle?
- AA series of events in a eukaryotic cell from its formation to its division into two daughter cells
- BA process in which only DNA is replicated
- CA process that occurs only in reproductive cells
- DA process that produces four daughter cells
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Answer: A
The cell cycle is the series of events from formation of a eukaryotic cell until its division into two daughter cells.
Question 2
What are the two main phases of the cell cycle?
- AInterphase and mitosis
- BMitosis and meiosis
- CG1 and G2
- DS phase and cytokinesis
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Answer: A
The two main phases of the cell cycle are interphase and mitosis.
Question 3
Approximately what percentage of the total cell cycle is occupied by interphase?
- A90 percent
- B10 percent
- C50 percent
- D25 percent
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Answer: A
Interphase occupies approximately 90 percent of the total cell cycle.
Question 4
What is a major event of the G1 phase?
- AThe cell grows and makes proteins and organelles
- BThe DNA of each chromosome is replicated
- CSister chromatids separate
- DFour haploid cells are produced
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Answer: A
During G1 the cell grows and produces proteins and organelles.
Question 5
In which phase of the cell cycle are chromosomes duplicated?
- AMitosis
- BG1 phase
- CG2 phase
- DS phase
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Answer: D
The DNA of each chromosome is replicated during the S phase.
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