9. Lysosomes are involved in___________.
(a) Digestion
(b) Intracellular digestion
(c) Extracellular digestion
(d) Both intracellular and extracellular digestion
Answer
Answer: (d) Both intracellular and extracellular digestion.
10. Which of the following organelle is called the perinuclear dense bodies?
(a) Nucleolus
(b) Lysosomes
(c) Peroxisome
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Lysosomes.
11. Which of the following staining techniques are used to locate the lysosomes?
(a) Gamori stain
(b) Bismarck stain
(c) Osmium tetroxide
(d) Janus Green Staining
Answer
Answer: (a) Gamori stain.
12. Which of the following biomolecules are the components of lysosomes?
(a) Ribosomes and Matrix
(b) Amino acid chain and tRNA
(c) Phosphate esters and nucleases
(d) Glyco protein and Carbohydrates
Answer
Answer: (c) Phosphate esters and nucleases.
13. Why are lysosomes considered the “garbage trucks” of a cell?
(a) Because they transport materials between two cell organelles
(b) Because they pump materials from outside to the inside of a cell
(c) Because they remove all unwanted cellular materials
(d) Because they transport materials from one cell to another
Answer
Answer: (c) Because they remove all unwanted cellular materials.
14. Which of the following organelles contains digestive enzymes that break down complex molecules?
(a) Lysosome
(b) Ribosome
(c) Golgi Body
(d) Mitochondria
Answer
Answer: (a) Lysosome.
15. Which of the following cells contain the most active lysosomes?
(a) Skin cells
(b) Brain cells
(c) Intestinal cells
(d) White blood cells
Answer
Answer: (d) White blood cells
16. Lysosomes are involved in _________.
(a) Secretion
(b) Respiration
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Protein construction
Answer
Answer: (a) Secretion.