Genetics One Liner
Genetics
Quest.The study of the way in which genes operate and the way in which they are transmitted(heredity) from parents to offsprings
Ans.Genetics
Quest.Who coined the term genetics?
Ans.W. Bateson (1905)
Quest.The ‘father of modern genetics’
Ans. Gregor John Mendal
Quest.Which is known as functional unit of life?
Ans.Cell
Quest.Who discovered the cell?
Ans.R. Hooke (1665)(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.Cell theory was given by
Ans.M.J. Schleiden and T.Schwann (1939)
Quest.Which is known as physical basis of life?
Ans.Protoplasm
Quest.How many kind of cells are found in living world?
Ans.2 (Eukaryote and Prokaryote)
Quest.The plant cell is a type of cell
Ans.Eukaryote
Quest.Which cell organelle is found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Ans.Ribosome(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.The cells without cell wall
Ans.Protoplasts
Quest.Controlling centre of cell
Ans.Nucleus
Quest.Nucleus was discovered by
Ans.Robert Brown (1983)
Quest.Which cell organelle is called as “Power house of the cell”?
Ans.Mitochondria
Quest.Who discovered mitochondria?
Ans.Hollicker(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.Who coined the term mitochondria?
Ans.Benda (1897)
Quest.The term ‘Endoplasmic reticulum’ coined by
Ans.Porter (1948)
Quest.Which organelle of cell is known as engine of cell?
Ans.Ribosome
Quest.Rough ER is associated with
Ans.Ribosome
Quest.The main site of protein synthesis
Ans.Ribosome(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.70s type ribosome is found in
Ans.Mitochondria
Quest.Name the prokaryotic organism which does not contain mitochondria?
Ans.Bacteria
Quest.The term Lysosome was 1st used by
Ans.Dave (1955)
Quest.Which organelle of cell is known as suicidal bag of cell?
Ans.Lysosome
Quest.The main function of Golgi body is
Ans.Packing and transport of food materials(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.Which organelle of cell is known as dustbin of cell?
Ans.Vacuoles
Quest.Which organelle of cell is non living?
Ans.Cell wall
Quest.The material contained in vacuoles
Ans.Cell sap
Quest.A self replicating, extra-chromosomal genetic material found in plant cell
Ans.Plastids
Quest.Plastids was introduced by
Ans.Lederberg(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.Which organelles of cell are found only in plants?
Ans.Plastids, Spherosome
Quest.Which plastid of cell is responsible for photosynthesis in plants?
Ans.Chloroplast
Quest.Which plastid of cell is responsible for colour in plants?
Ans.Chromoplast
Quest.Which plastid of cell is responsible for storage of starch and fat in plants?
Ans.Leucoplast
Quest.Name the leucoplast which functions as the storage of oil?
Ans.Lipoplast(Genetics One Liner)
Quest.Thread like bodies that carry gene
Ans.Chromosome
Quest.Who firstly discovered chromosome?
Ans.Strasburger (1875)
Quest.Who coined the term chromosome?
Ans.Waldeyer (1888)
Quest.Who gave the chromosomal theory of Inheritance?
Ans.Sutton and Boveri
Quest.What is the fundamental unit of chromosome?
Ans.Chromatin
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