Q.

Which one of the following never occurs during mitotic cell division  [2022]

1 Spindle fibers attach to kinetochores of chromosomes  
2 Movement of centrioles towards opposite poles  
3 Pairing of homologous chromosomes  
4 Coiling and condensation of the chromatids  

Ans.

(3)

Pairing of homologous chromosomes is characteristic of meiotic cell division.