NEET-Biology-4-Cell : The unit of life : Cell introduction

1.Who first explained that cells divide and new cells are formed from pre-existing cells ? 
Answer : Rudolf Virchow

2.Some organisms are composed of a single cell and are called _______________ organisms while other organisms are composed of many cells are called ___________ organisms. ? 
Answer : unicellular,multicellular

3.Various chemical reactions occur in the cytoplasm to keep the cell in the living state (True or False)?
Answer : True

4.Which non-membranous organelle is found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell ? 
Answer : Ribosome

5.Who formulated the cell theory ? 
Answer : Schleiden and Schwann

6.Who discovered the first living cell ? 
Answer : Anton Von leeuwenhoek

7.All living organisms have a cell wall surrounding the cell membrane (True or False)? 
Answer : False

8.Cell that has membrane bound nucleus is called _______________ whereas cell that lack membrane bound nucleus is called _______________ . ? 
Answer : eukaryotic, prokaryotic

9.Anything less than a complete structure of a cell does not ensure independent living (True or False)? 
Answer : True

10.Main arena of various cellular activities of the cell is ? 
Answer : Cytoplasm

11.Who is responsible for extensive compartmentalisation of cytoplasm in eukaryotic cell ? 
Answer : Membrane bound cell organelles

12.Who gave the cell theory a final shape ? 
Answer : Rudolf Virchow

13.All eukaryotic cells have similar shape (True or False)? 
Answer : False

14._______________ a British Zoologist, studied different types of animal cells and reported that cells had a thin outer layer which is today known as the plasma mernbrane. ? 
Answer :Theodore Schwann (1839)

15."Omnis cellula-e-cellula" statement was given by ? 
Answer : Rudolf Virchow

16.Cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of living organism (True or False) ? 
Answer :True

17.Shape of the cell may vary with the function they perform (True or False)? 
Answer : True

18.Which non-membranous cell organelle is found in animal cell and helps in cell division ? 
Answer : Centriole

19.The largest isolated single cell is the _________________ ? 
Answer : egg of an ostrich.