Question : Who first observed ribosomes in the mid-1950s and described them as small particles in the cytoplasm that were preferentially attached to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane?
Option 1: Ernst Abbe
Option 2: Albert Kolliker
Option 3: Carl Zeiss
Option 4: George E. Palade
Correct Answer: George E. Palade
Solution : The correct answer is George E. Palade.
George E. Palade discovered ribosomes in 1955. He identified them as small particles present in the cytoplasm, which often remain associated with the endoplasmic reticulum. They are specialised cell organelles which are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. He discovered it using an electron microscope. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for his innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation, which together laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology.
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Question : ___________ is/are known as the powerhouse of the cell.
Option 1: Nucleus
Option 2: Endoplasmic reticulum
Option 3: Cytoplasm
Option 4: Mitochondria
Question : What period is considered the first phase of the Green Revolution in India?
Option 1: Mid-1960s to Mid-1970s
Option 2: Mid-1940s to Mid-1950s
Option 3: Mid-1950s to Mid-1960s
Option 4: Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s
Question : Endoplasmic Reticulum is rough because of _____ present on their surface.
Option 1: Golgi bodies
Option 2: Plastids
Option 3: Lysosomes
Option 4: Ribosomes
Question : The ______ principally performs the function of packaging materials to be delivered either to intracellular targets or secreted outside the cell.
Option 1: vacuoles
Option 2: endoplasmic reticulum
Option 3: lysosomes
Option 4: Golgi apparatus
Question : The entire content of a living cell is known as ______ which includes the cytoplasm and the nucleus.
Option 1: mitochondria
Option 2: lysosomes
Option 3: protoplasm
Option 4: cell membrane
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