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  • Specialized type of peroxisome and the site of glyoxylate pathway in certain plants is known as


  • Options
  • A. gly-peroxisome
  • B. lysosome
  • C. glyoxysome
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • glyoxysome 


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    • 1. Which of the following is not an electron carrier class in the electron transport chain?

    • Options
    • A. Flavoproteins
    • B. Cytochromes
    • C. Iron - sulfur proteins
    • D. Cytochrome c oxidase
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the source of free energy (?G) for moving protons out of mitochondria against their concentration and electrical gradients?

    • Options
    • A. Glycolysis
    • B. Creatine phosphate
    • C. The redox reactions of electron transport
    • D. ATP
    • Discuss
    • 3. The cellular organelle associated with secretion is the

    • Options
    • A. golgi complex
    • B. mitochondrion
    • C. ribosome
    • D. lysosome
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following can be found as a part of the mitochondrial matrix?

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    • A. Ribosomes
    • B. DNA
    • C. Enzymes
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following statements about mitochondrial proteins is true?

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    • A. All mitochondrial proteins are coded for and synthesized in the mitochondria
    • B. Some mitochondrial proteins are coded for and synthesized in the mitochondria and others
    • C. All mitochondrial proteins are imported from the cytoplasm
    • D. Mitochondrial proteins arise from other mitochondrial proteins
    • Discuss
    • 6. A cell without cell wall is called

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    • A. apoplast
    • B. protoplast
    • C. symplast
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The mitochondria were known in the nineteenth century to be osmotically active on the basis of evidence that

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    • A. the mitochondrial matrix is hypotonic to the cellular cytoplasm
    • B. the mitochondrial matrix is hypertonic to the cellular cytoplasm
    • C. mitochondria were derived from a symbiotic bacterium
    • D. mitochondria are surrounded by a semi permeable membrane
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which cell type is likely to have the most mitochondria?

    • Options
    • A. Fast-twitch muscle
    • B. Slow-twitch muscle
    • C. Liver cells
    • D. Adipose cells
    • Discuss
    • 9. Mitochondria can be expected most numerous in

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    • A. green cells
    • B. red blood cells
    • C. muscle cells
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Why do some redox reactions in cells result in the transfer of electrons from a reductant with a higher standard redox potential to an oxidant with a lower standard redox potential?

    • Options
    • A. Redox potentials are defined under standard conditions, and cellular conditions are typically not standard conditions
    • B. The rules governing oxidation and reduction apply only in vitro, and not in vivo
    • C. Electrons always go from reductants with high redox potentials to oxidants with low redox potentials
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss


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