Question

Which growth phase of cell cycle takes most of the time?
a. metaphase
b. interphase
c. prophase
d.anaphase

Answer 1

Answer=(b) Interphase

Explanation-

There are four stages of cell cycle-

1)G1 phase-

It takes approximately 11 hours.

2)S phase-

It takes approximately 8 hours.

3)G2 phase-

it takes approximately 4 hours.

4)M phase-

It takes approximately 1 hours.

G1 phase,S phase and G2 phase are components of Interphase so overall Interphase takes approximately 23 hours.

So option (b) is correct rest all the options are incorrect because Prophase, Metaphase and Anaphase are parts of M-phase which takes approximately 1 hours.