Multiple Choice Questions on Golgi apparatus

1. Which of the following organelle is called as the “traffic police” of the cell?

a) Lysosome
b) SER
c) Golgi apparatus
d) RER

2. In 1873, Camillo Golgi discovered Golgi apparatus in Purkinje cells (nerve cells). Which is the stain that he used to visualise Golgi apparatus?

a) Janus green
b) Silver stain
c) Orange G
d) Haematoxylin

3. Dictyosomes are

a) golgi apparatus of plant cells
b) golgi apparatus of plant cells and lower invertebrates
c) golgi apparatus of plant cells, lower invertebrates and animal cells
d) golgi apparatus like structure in prokaryotes

4. The simplest unit, the saucer-like closed compartments of Golgi apparatus is called as

a) tubules
b) vescicles
c) cristae
d) cisternae

5. The region around Golgi apparatus where other organelles are absent is called as the

a) zone of inhibition
b) zone of exclusion
c) both a and b
d) organelle inhibition zone

6. GERL region is the

a) Golgi+RER+SER+lysosome+vescicles association involved in packaging and sorting of cellular materials
b) Golgi+RER+SER+lumen of cytoplasm association involved in packaging and sorting of cellular materials
c) Golgi+ER+lysosome association involved in packaging and sorting of cellular materials
d) none of these

7. Histochemical localisation of Golgi is by staining with

a) Bismarck red
b) Fast green
c) Osmium tetroxide
d) acetocarmine

8. Which of the following organelle is involved in cell plate formation

a) SER
b) RER
c) lysosme
d) Golgi apparatus

9. The functions of Golgi apparatus include all except

a) GA is the sorting centre of the cell
b) GA is involved in post translational modification
c) GA is involved in secretory protein synthesis
d) GA is involved in cell plate formation

10. Which of the following statements are true regarding golgi apparatus

a) GA has polarity
b) cis-face is located close to either nucleus or transitional ER
c) trans-face is located near plasma membrane
d) all of these

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Answers
1. c) Golgi apparatus
2. b) Silver stain
3. b) golgi apparatus of plant cells and lower invertebrates
4. d) cisternae
5. b) zone of exclusion
6. c) Golgi + ER + lysosome association involved in packaging and sorting of cellular materials
7. c) Osmium tetroxide
8. d) Golgi apparatus
9. c) GA is involved in secretory protein synthesis
10. d) all of these