Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Class 11 · Biology · 15 Questions

1beginner🧠 Remember1 markVery Short

What is the average cell cycle span for a mammalian cell?

2beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Distinguish cytokinesis from karyokinesis.

3intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

Describe the events taking place during interphase.

4beginner🧠 Remember2 marksShort Answer

What is G₀ (quiescent phase) of cell cycle?

5beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Why is mitosis called equational division?

6intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur:

7intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

Describe the following: (a) synapsis (b) bivalent (c) chiasmata. Draw a diagram to illustrate your answer.

8intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

How does cytokinesis in plant cells differ from that in animal cells?

10intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

Distinguish anaphase of mitosis from anaphase I of meiosis.

11intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

List the main differences between mitosis and meiosis.

12beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

What is the significance of meiosis?

14advanced🔍 Analyze2 marksShort Answer

Can there be mitosis without DNA replication in 'S' phase?

16advanced🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

Analyse the events during every stage of cell cycle and notice how the following two parameters change:

1intermediate🔧 Apply3 marksEssay

How do plants and animals continue to grow all their lives? Do all cells in a plant divide all the time? Do you think all cells continue to divide in all plants and animals? Can you tell the name and the location of tissues having cells that divide all their life in higher plants? Do animals have similar meristematic tissues?

3intermediate🧠 Remember2 marksShort Answer

Are you aware of some examples where you have studied about haploid and diploid insects?