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Photosynthesis

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What are ATP and NADPH?

  1. Sources of light

  2. End products of photosynthesis

  3. Sources of infrared radiations

  4. Energy storage molecules

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Light-dependent reactions or light reactions capture the energy of light and use it to make the energy-storage molecules ATP and NADPH.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about photosynthesis? (a) It occurs in three stages. (b) Oxygen is produced using visible light. (c) Infrared light is also used by some organisms to produce oxygen. (d) Glucose is oxidised.

  1. a and d

  2. a, b and c

  3. b and c

  4. only d

  5. b, c and d


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. Photosynthesis occurs in two stages. In cellular respiration, glucose and other compounds are oxidized to produce carbon dioxide, water and release chemical energy. Here carbon dioxide is converted into carbohydrate.

Where is the aqueous fluid, stroma present?

  1. In the chloroplast

  2. In an intermembrane space between two phospholipid membranes of chloroplast

  3. In the thylakoids

  4. In the green pigment, chlorophyll

  5. Within the inner membrane


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The chloroplast is enclosed by a membrane. This membrane is composed of a phospholipid inner membrane, a phospholipid outer membrane, and an intermembrane space between them. Within the membrane is an aqueous fluid called the stroma.

In which of the following algae is xanthophyll present?
(a) Green (b) Red (c) Brown

  1. a and b

  2. only a

  3. only c

  4. b and c

  5. a, b and c


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Phycocyanin, carotenes and xanthophylls in green algae, phycoerythrin in red algae (rhodophytes) and fucoxanthol in brown algae.

In which of the following processes is carbon converted into sugar?

  1. Photosynthesis

  2. Carbon fixation

  3. Cellular respiration

  4. Both 1 and 2

  5. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, both 1 and 2 are correct. In both the processes carbon is converted into sugar.

The surface of the leaf, uniformly coated with a water resistant waxy cuticle ______________.

  1. protects the excessive evaporation of water and decreases the absorption of ultraviolet or blue light to reduce heating

  2. gives strength to weak leaves

  3. protects it from germs attack

  4. gives it a shiny appearance

  5. protects its green colour


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. The surface of the leaf is uniformly coated with a water resistant waxy cuticle that protects the leaf from excessive evaporation of water and decreases the absorption of ultraviolet or blue light to reduce heating.

The light harvesting complex in plants and algae is

  1. a protein

  2. the thylakoid

  3. the chlorophyll

  4. ATP

  5. NADPH


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Plants absorb light primarily using the pigment chlorophyll, the pigment is embedded in plants and algae in special antenna-proteins. In such proteins all the pigments are ordered to work together. Such a protein is also called a light harvesting complex.

Which of the following schemes of transfer of electrons shows 'Z' scheme?

  1. PS II______PS I _NADP+H+_________NADP+

  2. PS I______PS II _NADP+H+_________NADP+

  3. PS I______PS II _NADP+_________NADP+H+

  4. PS II______PS I _NADP+_________NADP+H+

  5. NADP+_______NADP+H+PS II______PS I


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. This whole scheme of transfer of electrons, starting from the PS II, uphill to the accepter, down the electron transport chain to PS I, excitation of electrons, transfer to another accepter, and finally down hill to NADP+ causing it to be reduced to NADPH+H+ is called the Z scheme.

Which of the following is not a C3 plant?

  1. Wheat

  2. Millet

  3. Orange

  4. Lemon

  5. Potato


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer, as it does not belong to C3 group. It has no distinct bundle sheath, one type of chloroplasts.

Directions: Fill in all the four blanks -1, 2, 3, and 4.

In PS I, the reaction centre chlorophyll has an absorption peak at __1_ hence, is called __2, while in PS II, it has absorption maxima at __3, and is called ___4.

  1. 1 - 700nm, 2 - P700, 3 - 680nm, 4 - P680

  2. 1 - 1700nm, 2 - P1700, 3 - 1680nm, 4 - P1680

  3. 1 - 700, 2 - P700nm, 3 - 680, 4 - P680nm

  4. 1 - P700, 2 - 700nm, 3 - P680, 4 - 680nm

  5. 1 - 70nm, 2 - P70, 3 - 68nm, 4 - P68


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The LHC is made up of hundreds of pigment molecules bound to proteins. The single chlorophyll molecule forms the reaction centre. The reaction centre is different in both the photosystems. In PS I the reaction centre chlorophyll a has an absorption peak at 700 nm, hence is called P700, while in PS II it has absorption maxima at 680 nm, and is called P680.

Which of the following are the three stages of the Calvin cycle?

  1. Carboxylation, photorespiration and regeneration

  2. Carboxylation, reduction and regeneration

  3. Photosynthesis, reduction and oxidation

  4. Reduction, photorespiration and regeneration

  5. Oxidation, reduction and regeneration


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Calvin and his co-workers worked out the whole pathway and showed that the pathway operated in a cyclic manner; the RuBP (Ribulose bisphosphate) was regenerated. The Calvin cycle can be described under three stages: carboxylation, reduction and regeneration.

In phosphorylation, ATP is synthesised in which of the following parts of cells?

  1. Mitochondria and nucleus

  2. Nucleus and chloroplast

  3. Mitochondria and chloroplast

  4. Golgi apparatus and ribosomes

  5. Ribosomes and chloroplast


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Living organisms have the capability of extracting energy from oxidisable substances and store this in the form of bond energy. ATP, carry this energy in their chemical bonds. In phosphorylation ATP is synthesised by cells in mitochondria and chloroplasts.

Which of the following plants shows Kranz anatomy and hence, belongs to C4 group?

  1. Rice

  2. Soyabean

  3. Wheat

  4. Oat

  5. Sugarcane


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. This plant shows Kranz anatomy and hence, it belongs to C4 group of plants.

Match the following and select the correct option.

1. Green algae a. Phycoerythrin
2. Brown algae b. Carotenes
3. Red algae c. Fucoxanthol
  1. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c

  2. 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b

  3. 1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - a

  4. 1 - c, 2 - b, 3 - a

  5. 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 -b


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Algae also use chlorophyll, but various other pigments are present as phycocyanin, carotenes and xanthophylls in green algae, phycoerythrin in red algae (rhodophytes) and fucoxanthol in brown algae and diatoms resulting in a wide variety of colours.

Light reactions or the ‘Photochemical’ phase includes which of the following steps? (a) Light dispersion (b) Splitting of water (c) Release of oxygen (d) Formation of ATP and NADP (e) Assimilation of chlorophyll

  1. a, b, c and d

  2. b and c

  3. b, c and d

  4. c, d and e

  5. a and e


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Light reactions or the ‘Photochemical’ phase includes light absorption, water splitting, oxygen release, and the formation of high-energy chemical intermediates, ATP and NADPH.

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