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  • A. Cristae
  • B. Cisternae
  • C. Lamella
  • D. Bifidae

Explanation: Mitochondria are a double-membranous structure with an outer membrane and an inner membrane.

Correct answer: Cristae
  • A. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • B. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • C. Golgi Apparatus
  • D. Lysosomes

Explanation: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum in liver cells of vertebrates helps in detoxifying poisons and drugs.

Correct answer: Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • A. Mitochondria and ribosomes
  • B. Cytosol, mitochondria and ribosomes
  • C. Golgi bodies, Lysosome and ER
  • D. Golgi bodies, lysosome and mitochondria

Explanation: The Golgi bodies, lysosomes, and endoplasmic reticulum are all examples of single membranous organelles.

Correct answer: Golgi bodies, Lysosome and ER
  • A. Phagocytosis
  • B. Primary lysosome and autophagy
  • C. Secondary lysosome
  • D. Peroxisome

Explanation: Digestive vacuoles and autophagosomes eventually fuse with lysosomes, forming secondary lysosomes.

Correct answer: Secondary lysosome
  • A. Microtubule
  • B. Cilia
  • C. Microfilaments
  • D. Intermediate filaments

Explanation: Cyclosis (the streaming movement of cytoplasm within a cell) and amoeboid movements (the crawling-like movements of certain cells, such as…

Correct answer: Microfilaments
  • A. Golgi complex
  • B. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • C. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • D. Ribosomes & chromosomes

Explanation: Proteins and lipids are modified into glycoproteins and glycolipids primarily by the Golgi complex (also known as the Golgi apparatus or…

Correct answer: Golgi complex
  • A. Enzymes
  • B. Cisternae
  • C. Pigment
  • D. Cristae

Explanation: Chloroplasts are pigmented organelles, i.e, they contain some kind of pigment, which is chlorophyll.

Correct answer: Pigment
  • A. Intracellular digestion
  • B. Autophagy
  • C. Autolysis
  • D. Processing of cell secretions

Explanation: The Golgi apparatus processes and packages cell secretions by receiving proteins and lipids from the endoplasmic reticulum in transport…

Correct answer: Processing of cell secretions
  • A. Peroxisomes
  • B. Glyoxysomes
  • C. Microbodies
  • D. Vacuoles

Explanation: Microbodies, which include organelles like peroxisomes and glyoxysomes, are present in plant cells during their normal metabolic…

Correct answer: Glyoxysomes
  • A. Its genetic constitution
  • B. Its ability to over-produce
  • C. Its ability to acquire characters
  • D. Its ability to over-eat

Explanation: According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, the survival of an organism is influenced by its genetic constitution.

Correct answer: Its genetic constitution
  • A. Soil
  • B. Atmosphere
  • C. Water
  • D. Animals

Explanation: d) Animals: This is the correct option. Animals are biotic components of the environment.

Correct answer: Animals
  • A. Desert.
  • B. Littoral.
  • C. Profundal.
  • D. All of these.

Explanation: The profundal zone is a deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, such as a lake or a pond, located below the range of effective…

Correct answer: Profundal.
  • A. Biogeochemical cycles
  • B. Bioelement cycles
  • C. Biochemical cycles
  • D. Geochemical cycles

Explanation: Explanation:The nutrient cycles are primarily referred to as "Biogeochemical cycles" because they involve the cycling of nutrients such as…

Correct answer: Biogeochemical cycles
  • A. Population
  • B. Community ecology
  • C. Community
  • D. Autecology

Explanation: [A] Correct definition for population[B] Community ecology;community ecology, study of the organisation and functioning of communities…

Correct answer: Population
  • A. Niche
  • B. Ecosystem
  • C. Habitat
  • D. Biosphere

Explanation: A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. A habitat meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive.

Correct answer: Habitat
  • A. Symbiosis
  • B. Predation
  • C. Commensalism
  • D. Parasitism

Explanation: Mycorrhiza is a mutualistic relationship between fungal hyphae and roots of higher plants.

Correct answer: Symbiosis
  • A. Food Chain
  • B. Food Web
  • C. Trophic Level
  • D. Food Link

Explanation: A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another; the levels in the…

Correct answer: Food Chain
  • A. Role played by many organisms in an ecosystem
  • B. Role played by a dead organism in an ecosystem
  • C. Role played by community of microorganisms in their ecosystem
  • D. Role played by an organism in its ecosystem

Explanation: The niche of an organism is the role that it plays in a community, especially its living conditions and its interaction with other…

Correct answer: Role played by an organism in its ecosystem
  • A. Trophic level
  • B. Food web
  • C. Energy pyramid
  • D. Food chain

Explanation: A trophic level refers to a level or a position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid.

Correct answer: Trophic level
  • A. Symbiosis
  • B. Parasitism
  • C. Commensalism
  • D. Predation

Explanation: Symbiosis is the interaction of two dissimilar organisms, in which both organisms benefit from the interaction.

Correct answer: Symbiosis