Free Cell Cycle And Cell Division (Daily Quiz: 13) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

Assertion:
Interphase occupies 75-95% of the total generation time.
Reason:
Interphase (I-phase) is the long non-dividing phase.

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.

(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

Question-2

Which statement best explains the evolutionary advantage of meiosis?

(a) Genetic recombinations are possible from generation to generation.

(b) Meiosis alternates with mitosis from generation to generation.

(c) Meiosis is necessary for sexual reproduction.

(d) The same genetic system is passed on from generation to generation.

Question-3

Sister chromatids

(a) separate during the first meiotic division.

(b) cross over during prophase I of meiosis.

(c) are produced during the S phase between cell divisions.

(d) cross over during prophase II of meiosis.

Question-4

If you are provided with 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?

(a) Telophase

(b) Metaphase

(c) Anaphase

(d) Prophase

Question-5

In pachytene stage of meiosis the chromosomes appear

(a) Double stranded

(b) Single stranded

(c) Three stranded

(d) Four stranded