MCQs on Prokaryotes
1. What is the name of the region where double-stranded single circular DNA is found in the prokaryotic cell?
A. Protonucleus
B. Nucleus
C. Nucleoid
D. Nucleoplasm
Answer:: C.
2. In prokaryotic cells, ribosomes are
A. 70 S
B. 80 S
C. 60S + 40S
D. 50S + 40S
Answer:: A.
3. The two domains to which prokaryotes are classified into are:
A. Bacteria and Protista
B. Bacteria and Archaea
C. Archaea and Eukarya
D. Eukarya and Monera
Answer:: B.
4. When a water sample from a hot thermal vent was tested, it was found to contain a single-celled organism having a cell wall lacking a nucleus. What is its classification most likely?
A. Eukarya
B. Fungi
C. Protista
D. Archaea
Answer:: D.
5. Which of these is a characteristic of prokaryotic cells?
A. Absence of cell organelles
B. Absence of nucleus
C. Presence of 70S ribosomes
D. All of these
Answer:: D.
6. A difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells is in having
A. Ribosomes
B. Cell wall
C. Nuclear membrane
D. None of the above
Answer:: C.
7. In prokaryotes, the hair-like outgrowths which attach to the surface of other bacterial cells are
A. Flagella
B. Pili
C. Capsule
D. Plasmids
Answer:: B.
8. A component of prokaryotic cells:
A. Plasma membrane
B. DNA
C. Cytoplasm
D. All of these
Answer:: D.
9. The process of recombination in prokaryotes takes place in this way
A. Transformation
B. Conjugation
C. Transduction
D. All of the above
Answer:: D.
10. The flagella of a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell vary in
A. Mode of functioning and location in the cell
B. Types of movement and placement in the cell
C. Microtubular organization and function
D. Microtubular organization and type of movement
Answer:: D.