Cell: Structure & Function Questions with Solutions

This topic covers the cell as the basic unit of life: the discovery of the cell and cell theory, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, plant and animal cells, cell organelles and their functions, and cell division by mitosis and meiosis. Exam questions often ask which organelle is called the 'powerhouse of the cell' (mitochondria) or the 'suicide bag' (lysosomes), who discovered the cell (Robert Hooke, in 1665) and the nucleus (Robert Brown), and which structures are found only in plant cells (the cell wall and plastids). Practise the cell structure and function questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.