Multiple Choice Quiz on Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in 'Cell cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis'. Questions come under ‘medium’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. Which is not a part of interphase of the cell cycle?

G2 phase
G1 phase
M phase
S phase
2. If Prophase is the beginning what is the end of cell division?
Telophase
Metaphase
Interphase
Anaphase
3. Mitosis generates daughter cells of

Identical genetic constitution
Identical organelles
Identical cytoplasmic constitution
Identical cell size
4. Abrupt changes in genetic material may occur due to environmental factors. This is known as
Mutation
Homeostasis
Karyokinesis
Cytokinesis
5. What is best stage of cell division to study chromosome morphology?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
6. Karyokinesis includes division of
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Cell wall
7. Exchange of genetic material occurs between homologous chromosomes during
Metaphase I
Prophase I
Metaphase II
Prophase II
8. Reduction division occurs to produce
liver cells
gametes
nerve cells
muscle cells
9. How many chromosomes one can find in human sperms?
22
23
44
46
10. What happens in cancerous cells?
Mutation occurs
Apoptosis does not occur
Cell cycle check points are lost
All of these
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