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Photosystems - class-XI

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$NADPH _2$ is generated through

  1. photosystem II

  2. anaerobic respiration

  3. glycolysis

  4. photosystem I


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
NADPH^2 is the reduced form of NADP that is generally produced during the process of photosynthesis by photosystem II (PS II).
So, the correct answer is 'photosystem II'.

The photocenter P${ _7}$${ _0}$${ _0}$ is present in

  1. Photosystem I

  2. Photosystem II

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystems are functional and structural units of protein complexes involved in photosynthesis, that together carry out the primary photochemistry of photosynthesis: the absorption of light and the transfer of energy and electrons. There are 2 kinds of photosystems - photosystem I and II. In photosystem I, the reaction center is P-${ _7}$${ _0}$${ _0}$. In photosystem II, the reaction centers are P-${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _3}$. Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

$P _{680}$ is related with  

  1. PS- I

  2. PS- II

  3. Hill reaction

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

P$ _{680}$ is the primary donor present in photosystem II. Structurally,  it's chlorophyll pigment dimer is present at the center of photosystem II. 680 suggests that the absorption is maximum at 680nm in red light. P$ _{680}$ or primary donor receives energy either by absorbing light or by excitation of electrons present in nearby chlorophyll. The excited electrons get captured by electron acceptor present in photosystem II, which is pheophytin and oxidized P$ _{680}$ is then reduced by electron generated from water during oxygenic photosynthesis.

Ferredoxin is a constituent of

  1. PS I

  2. PS II

  3. Hill reaction

  4. $P _{680}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ferredoxin is the iron-containing, soluble compound in chloroplasts that helps in electron transportation and is the constituent of PS I which asses electrons to reductase complex that helps in the reduction of NADP$^+$ to NADPH which is a strong reducing agent.

So the correct option is 'PS I'.

Cyclic photophosphorylation is carried out by

  1. PS I only

  2. PS II only

  3. Both A and B

  4. Photolysis and PS II


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cyclic photophosphorylation is carried out by PS I only. This process takes place in stroma lamellae membrane. An external source of electrons is not required. Photolysis of water does not take place. There is no evolution of oxygen takes place because it is not connected with photolysis of water. Cyclic photophosphorylation produces ATP only. It does not involve the formation of NADPH. It operates under low light intensity, anaerobic conditions or when $CO _{2}$ availability is low. When only PS I is functional, the electron is circulated within the photosystem and the phosphorylation occurs, due to the cyclic flow of electrons. The membrane and lamella of the grana have both PS I and PS II, the stroma lamella membrane lack PS II as well as NADP reductase enzyme. The excited electron does not pass on to $NADP^{+}$ and is cycled back to the PS I complex through the electron transport chain.

Which one will have lower redox potential?

  1. $LHC -I $

  2. $LHC -II$

  3. Primary $e^-$ acceptor of PS II

  4. $H _2 O $


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
When light is absorbed by one of the many pigments in photosystem II, energy is passed inward from pigment to pigment until it reaches the reaction center. There, energy is transferred to P680, boosting an electron to a high energy level. The high-energy electron is passed to an acceptor molecule and replaced with an electron from water. This splitting of water releases the oxygen that we breathe. Lower redox potential means it will release the electrons with ease and vice versa.

So, the correct option is 'H2O'.

PS-1 gets the de-energised electrons from

  1. Water

  2. Plastoquinone

  3. Plastocyanin

  4. Cytochrome-f


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The photosystem I & II passes electrons to a different primary acceptor. Once an electron is lost, each photosystem is replenished by electrons from a different source. The PSII reaction center gets electrons from water, while the PSI reaction center is replenished by electrons that flow down an electron transport chain from PSII (which gets electrons from water). 
So, the correct option is 'Water'.

Select the correct statement.

  1. The photosystem of chlorophyll absorbs solar energy.

  2. Photosystem is the reaction centre of chlorophyll.

  3. Photosystem energises electrons.

  4. Photosystem funnels electrons to electron acceptor molecules


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The process of photosynthesis in plants involves a series of steps and reactions that use solar energy, water, and carbon dioxide to produce organic compound. One of the first steps in this complex process depends on chlorophyll and other pigment molecules. Chlorophyll is the green pigment molecule that make plants appear green. In photosynthetic plant cells, chlorophyll molecules are embedded in stacked membranes (thylakoids) contained in special membrane-bound organelles called chloroplast. The chlorophyll molecules are arranged in discrete units called photosystems. Each one of it contains hundreds of pigment molecules arranged into an "antenna complex" surrounding a reaction center.

So the correct option is 'the photosystem of chlorophyll absorbs solar energy'

When two hybrids Ttrr & Rrtt are crossed, the phenotypic ratio of offspring shall be?

  1. $3:1$

  2. $1:1:1:1$

  3. $1:1$

  4. $9:3:3:1$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • When Ttrr x Rrtt is performed, 4 types of phenotypes are obtained in equal numbers. (1:1:1:1)
  • The gametes for Ttrr are Tr and tr and for Rrtt are Rt and rt.
  • The possible genotypes are TtRr, Ttrr, ttRr, ttrr which are all different phenotypically.
  • So. the correct answer is '1:1:1:1'.

Which pigment is found in Photosystem $2$ but not in Photosystem $1$?

  1. Carotene

  2. Chlorophyll a

  3. Chlorophyll b

  4. Xanthophyll


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since carotene (alpha and beta), chl A, chl B are all found in both photosystem, the one which is only present in PS II is xanthophyll.

So, the correct option is D.

After having absorbed the radiant energy by the pigment system I, electron is released by

  1. ${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _3}$

  2. ${ _6}$${ _7}$${ _3}$

  3. ${ _7}$${ _0}$${ _0}$

  4. ${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _0}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

${ _7}$${ _0}$${ _0}$ is the reaction center of the PS-I. So, when PS- I receives light energy electron is released by P ${ _7}$${ _0}$${ _0}$.

${O _2}$ evolution is directly associated with

  1. PS I

  2. PS II

  3. Phytochrome

  4. Phycocyanin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Photosystem II has P680 reaction center wherein oxygen atoms of two water molecules bind to a cluster of manganese atoms. These Mn atoms are bound to the reaction center and associated with an enzyme that splits water, removes electrons one at a time. These electrons fill the holes which are left in the reaction center due to released to light-energized electrons. Immediately after removal of four electrons from the two water molecules, O2 is released. The absence of PS II results in cyclic photophosphorylation by PSI that does not have water splitting complex and no oxygen is released. Phytochromes are blue-green, proteinaceous pigments that are involved in physiological responses to light. Phycocyanin is the photosynthetic pigment of cyanobacteria. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

The green and purple sulphur bacteria use .......... as electron donors.

  1. ${H _2 O}$

  2. ${H _2 S}$

  3. ${C O _2}$

  4. $Isopropanol$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Like most other photosynthetic bacteria, purple and green sulphar bacteria do not produce oxygen (anoxygenic), because the reducing agent (electron donor) involved in photosynthesis is not water. They use H$ _{2}$S or Elementary Sulphur as electron donor. In any photosynthetic organism, CO$ _{2}$ is not used as electron donor. Rhodopseudomonas uses isopropanol as electron donor.
So, the correct answer is option B.

Photosynthetic bacteria do not contain

  1. PS - I

  2. PS - II

  3. PS - I or PS - III

  4. Quantasome


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There are only two photosystems PS I and PS II. Photosynthetic bacteria have only PS I and absence of PSII makes them carry out cyclic photophosphorylation wherein $H _2S$ serves as an electron donor, rather than water, and there is no release of oxygen. The low light intensity and anaerobic conditions favor cyclic photophosphorylation. The correct answer is B.

PS- I occurs in 

  1. Appressed parts of grana thylakoids.

  2. Appressed and non-appressed parts of grana thylakoids.

  3. Stroma

  4. Stroma thylakoids and non-appressed parts of grana thylakoids.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chloroplasts are eukaryotic cell organelles. They are covered by the double membrane and also have an internal membrane system comprised of thylakoid membranes. The thylakoid membranes are of two types. The membranes which make grana are called granal lamellae. The other thylakoid membranes are called stromal membranes . The non-appressed membranes (stromal membranes and edges of granal membranes) are in direct contact with the stroma. The PS- I is abundant in non-appressed membrane whereas PS- II is abundant in granal membranes.

Bacterial photosynthesis involves

  1. PS- I only.

  2. PS- II only.

  3. Both PS- I and PS- II.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There are two photosystems PS I and PS II. Photosynthetic bacteria have only PS I and absence of PSII makes them carry out cyclic photophosphorylation wherein $H _2S$ serves as an electron donor, rather than water, and there is no release of oxygen. The low light intensity and anaerobic conditions favor cyclic photophosphorylation. The correct answer is A. 

In a bacterial photosynthesis, which of the following is present? 

  1. PS- I is present

  2. PS- II is present

  3. Both PS- I and PS- II present

  4. None of the PS are present


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There are two types of photosystems, the photosystem I (PS- I) and the photosystem II (PS II). These are the structural and functional protein components in the photosynthesis. The photosytem I is present in the green and purple bacteria that conduct the bacterial photosynthesis where as the photosystem II is present in the cyanobacteria that conduct the normal plant photosynthesis.

Ferredoxin is a component of the

  1. PS-  I.

  2. PS-  II.

  3. Hill reaction.

  4. P$ _{680}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ferredoxin is an iron-containing protein, associated with photosystem I. The ferredoxin accepts electrons from photosystem I and passes them to oxidized NADP to form reduced $NADPH _2$. The enzyme responsible for reduction of NADP is called as NADP ferredoxin oxidoreductase.

All of these are associated with Photosystem II except

  1. Electron transport chain

  2. A reaction center

  3. ATP

  4. NADPH

  5. Water


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Photosystem II or PS II is a photosynthetic pigment system along with some electron carriers that is located in the appressed part of grana thylakoids. The PS II contains chlorophyll-b and some forms of chlorophyll-a.
*PS II picks up electron released during photolysis of water and the electron is extruded as the light energy is absorbed by PS II.
*PS II is composed of following pigment molecules:
Chl-a : one molecule- reaction centre
Chl-a 670: 200 molecules- Antenna chlorophyll
Chl-b: upto 200 molecules- Accessory pigments
Carotenoids: up to 50 molecules- Accessory pigments
*PS II takes part in non cyclic photophosphorylation which results in the formation of ATP and NADPH.
Hence options 'A reaction centre, ATP, NADPH and Water' are associated with Photosystem II.
Electron Transport Chain or ETC is present in the inner mitochondrial which contains various enzymes and co-enzymes and act as hydrogen and electron carriers. Hence ETC is not associated with Photosystem II.
So, the correct answer is 'Electron transport chain'.

During photosynthesis, electrons are boosted to a higher energy level from

  1. Photosystem I

  2. Photosystem II

  3. Photosystems I and II

  4. Chemiosmosis


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During photosynthesis light energy is converted to chemical energy of glucose. Light energy is absorbed by a pair of chl a molecules, of PS I or PS II, this excited chl a molecule releases one e$^-$, that moves through the ETS of the PSI and PSII releasing energy at each level during the transport, used for the formation of ATP 

So, the correct answer is 'Photosystems I and II'

Which of the following is wrongly matched ________________.

  1. (a)Sorghum -Kranz Anatomy

  2. (b)PEP carboxylase -Mesophyll cells

  3. (c)Blackman -Law of limiting factors

  4. (d)Photorespiration -$C _{3}$ plants

  5. (e)PS II -P700


Correct Option: E

Read the following four statements- A, B, C and D and select the right option having both correct statements.
(A) Z scheme of light reaction takes place in presence of PS I only.
(B) Only PS I is functional in cyclic photophosphorylation.
(C) Cyclic photophosphorylation results into synthesis of ATP and NADPH$ _{2}$.
(D) Stroma lamellae lack PS II as well as NADP.

  1. (B) and (D)

  2. (A) and (B)

  3. (B) and (C)

  4. (C) and (D)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Z scheme of light reaction is non cyclic fow of electron from PSII through quinone, cyt $b _6$ f complex and plastocyanin to NADPH via PSI; it does not return to PSII. NADP reductase enzyme is located on stromal side of PSI; Z scheme includes both PSI and PSII. Absence of PS-II leads to non cyclic photophosphorylation in which electrons are passed from PS-I, via electron transfer chain, to back to PS-I with formation of ATP. Cyclic photophosphorylation does not pass electrons to NADP; rather electrons are passed back to PSI. Result is formation of ATP but no NADPH2. Stroma lamellae have PSI only but lack PSII and NADP reductse. Statements B an D are correct. Correct answer is A.

Pigment system- I is

  1. Chlorophyll- 683

  2. Chlorophyll- 673

  3. Chlorophyll- 695

  4. P- 700


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Photosystem I is the second photosystem in the photosynthetic light reactions of algae, plants and some bacteria. Photosystem I is so named because it was discovered before photosystem II. Reaction centre of it is 700 nm.

Photosystem-II occurs in

  1. Stroma

  2. Grana

  3. On surface of mitochondria

  4. On cytochrome


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Photosystem II is the first link in the chain of photosynthesis. It captures photons and uses the energy to extract electrons from water molecules. First, when electrons are removed water molecules are broken into oxygen gas which bubbles away, and hydrogen ions, which are used to power ATP synthesis. Photosystem II is located in the thylakoids and stacks of thylakoids is known as grana. 

So the correct option is 'Grana'.

In PS I, the carrier that picks up electrons from $P _{700}$ is

  1. Fe protein

  2. Fe-S protein

  3. Fe-Cu protein

  4. Fe-Mg protein


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A photosystem is composed of chlorophyll 'a' molecule which can absorb the wavelength of 700 nm. The chlorophyll a molecule acts as a reaction centre. PS-I is involved in a non-cyclic type of photophosphorylation where there is a chain of electron carriers and acceptors that transmits the electron from one to another. The primary electron acceptor is the ferredoxin molecule which is composed of Fe-S protein

So, the correct option is Fe-S protein'

In pigment system II, active chlorophyll is

  1. $P _{680}$

  2. $P _{700}$

  3. $P _{673}$

  4. $P _{720}$.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The plant needed enough energy to do the biosynthetic reactions. Its reaction centre is a molecule called P680 which absorbs light maximally at 680 nm.

So the correct option is 'P$ _6$$ _8$$ _0$.'

Pigment system- I conducts

  1. Cyclic photophosphorylation

  2. Non-cyclic photophosphorylation

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Z scheme of light reaction is non cyclic fow of electron from PSII through quinone, cyt b6b6 f complex and plastocyanin to NADPH via PSI; it does not return to PSII. NADP reductase enzyme is located on stromal side of PSI; Z scheme includes both PSI and PSII. Absence of PS-II leads to cyclic photophosphorylation in which electrons are passed from PS-I, via electron transfer chain, to back to PS-I with formation of ATP. Cyclic photophosphorylation does not pass electrons to NADP; rather electrons are passed back to PSI. PS I is involved in both cyclic and non cyclic photophosphorylation. Correct answer is B.

Photosynthesis is least in which wavelength of light?

  1. 450 nm

  2. 550 nm

  3. 650 nm

  4. 700 nm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Two main photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b absorb light in violet blue (400 -500 nm) and red (620-700nm) region of visible spectrum. Neither of these pigments absorbs light between 500 to 600 nm (green light) causing least photosynthesis in this wavelegnth. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Bacterial photosynthesis contains

  1. PS I.

  2. PS II.

  3. Both PS I and PS II.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosynthetic bacteria are anaerobic and only one type of photosystem is found in them but cyanobacteria or blue-green algae have both systems PSI and PSII.  It has two types of pigments bacteriochlorophyll which differs from chlorophyll a, in having one pyrrole ring with two hydrogens and bactericidin.

So the correct option is 'PS I'.

In photosystem- I, the first electron acceptor is

  1. Plastocyanin

  2. An iron-sulphur protein

  3. Ferredoxin

  4. Cytochrome


Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

PSI passes electron to ferredoxin on stromal side of lumen. Ferredoxin (iron sulfur protein) receives electrons from PSI and reduces to NADP+ to form NADPH. This light reaction is catalyzed by the membrane-bound enzyme NADP reductase. Both B and C are correct answers. 

PS II contains a non-chlorophyllous pigment in blue-green algae

  1. $\beta$-carotene

  2. Zeaxanthin

  3. Phycocyanin

  4. Cytochrome c.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Photosynthetic bacteria are anaerobic and only one type of photosystem is found in them but cyanobacteria or blue-green algae have both systems PSI and PSII. In PS I contain only one chlorophyll that is chlorophyll a while PS II contains various yellowish carotenoids and phycocyanin that differ in colour in different species.

So the correct option is 'Phycocyanin'.

Which is sensitive to longer wavelengths of light

  1. PS II

  2. PS I

  3. Phosphorylation

  4. Photolysis.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Photosystems are the functional and structural unit of photosynthesis that contains chlorophyll and various electron carriers that helps in energy liberation.

These are divided into two in which photosystem I absorb light of wavelength 700 nm and photosystem II which absorbs light of wavelength 680 nm.
So the correct option is 'PS I'.

Photo-oxidation or photolysis of water (in photosynthesis) occurs in association of

  1. Cytochrome $b _6$f

  2. Plastocyanin

  3. PS II

  4. PS I


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Photolysis of water is carried out to fulfill the need of electrons that are given by photosystem II to photosystem I in the Z scheme. The splitting of water is associated with PSII in which water is split into H$^+$, [O] and electrons and this also creates oxygen, one of the net product of photosynthesis.

So, the correct option is 'PS II'.

Constituents of pigment system I are located on

  1. Granal thylakoids

  2. Stromal thylakoids

  3. Outer surface of granal and stromal thylakoids

  4. Stroma.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The constituents of PS I is located in the thylakoid membrane of stroma and the outer surface of grana, contain a number of light-harvesting complexes and a reaction centre complex, which is a protein complex with two special chlorophyll a molecules and a primary electron acceptor.

So the correct option is 'Outer surface of granal and stromal thylakoids'.

Pigment system connected with oxidation of water is

  1. Photosystem I

  2. Photosystem II

  3. Phycobilisome

  4. Carotenoids


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Photosystem II (or water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase) is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is located in the thylakoid membrane of plants, algae and cyanobacteria. Within the photosystem, enzymes capture photons of light to energize electrons that are then transferred through a variety of co-enzymes and co-factors to reduce plastoquinone to plastoquinol. The energized electrons are replaced by oxidizing water to form hydrogen ions and molecular oxygen.


So, the correct option is 'Option  B'.

Reaction centre of PS I is

  1. $P _{700}$

  2. $P _{680}$

  3. $Chl _{715}$

  4. $Chl _{685}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Each photosystem is characterized by the wavelength of light at which it's reaction center absorbs maximum light i.e., 700 and 680 nanometers, respectively for PS I and PS II in chloroplasts. thus PS I is denoted by P$ _{700}$. Thus, the correct answer is 'P$ _{700}$'.

Electrons from excited chlorophyll of PS II are accepted first by

  1. Quinone

  2. Ferredoxin

  3. Cytochrome b

  4. Cytochrome f


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A) Electrons from excited chlorphyll molecule of photosystem II are accepted first by Quinone.

B) Ferredoxin is an electron carrier. During photosynthesis, electrons are removed from water and transferred to ferredoxin.
C) Cytochrome b is a protein found in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. It functions as part of the electron transport chain.
D) Cytochrome f is the largest subunit of the cytochrome complex.  It functions as part of the electron transport chain.
So the correct answer is 'Quinone'.

PS II accepts electrons from

  1. $OH^-$

  2. $O^{2-}$

  3. $H^+$

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Water is split in chloroplasts in the light reaction of photosynthesis. Chlorophyll, acting as a photopigment, captures sunlight and transfers that energy to an electron pair of a water molecule. Water molecule is separated into 2 protons, molecular oxygen and a free electron pair, which then enters to PS II and accepted by plastoquinone and carried by variety of electron acceptors in a series of redox potential. The excited electrons are used for photolysis of water generating oxygen and protons which then used in synthesis of ATP and NADPH.

Last electron acceptor of PS I is

  1. Ferredoxin

  2. Cyt $b _6$

  3. Plastocyanin

  4. Plastoquinone


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the electron transport process, the excited electron from P$ _{680}$ is accepted by primary acceptor quinone, which sends them to an electron transport system consisting of plastoquinone, cytochrome complex and plastocyanin.

The excited electron absorbed by P$ _{700}$ reaction centre, then transfer to the ferredoxin (Fe), then the reduced Ferredoxin donates the electron to NADP$^+$.

The NADP$^+$ take an electron from ferredoxin, protons from the medium and get reduced to NADPH in presence of enzyme ferredoxin- NADP- reductase. So, the last electron acceptor of PS I is ferredoxin.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Ferredoxin'.

Electrons from excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem II are accepted first by

  1. Ferredoxin

  2. Pheophytin

  3. Cytochrome b

  4. Cytochrome f


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the pigment in the reaction center of PS II (P$ _{680}$) absorbs a photon, an electron in this molecule gets excited and first transferred to electron acceptor namely pheophytin then to a series of redox molecules. The electron flow goes from Photosystem II to Photosystem I. It utilizes absorbed light for electron transport from plastocyanin on the lumenal side to ferredoxin on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane to generate NADPH and ATP. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Pheophytin'.

In PS I, the reaction centre chlorophyll a has an absorption peak at

  1. 650 nm

  2. 660 nm

  3. 680 nm

  4. 700 nm


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Photosystems are the protein complexes involved in photosynthesis. Each photosystem is characterized by the wavelength of light to which its reaction centre is most reactive. Photosystem I, reaction centre pigment chlorophyll a has absorption peak at 700nm. Thus photosystem I is also known as P$ _{700}$
So, the correct answer is '700 nm'

Consider the following.
a. Cytochrome $b6$
b. Cytochrome II f
c. Plastocynin
d. Plastoquinone
What is the correct sequence of these in the photo-induced electron carriers between PS$1$ to PS$2$ in photosynthesis?

  1. $4, 1, 2, 3$

  2. $3, 4, 1, 2$

  3. $1, 2, 3, 4$

  4. $2, 3, 4, 1$


Correct Option: A

In photosynthesis, during the operation of PS II, the cited $P680$ is rapidly photoxidised as it passes an electron _____________.

  1. Carotene

  2. Ferridoxin

  3. Phaeophytin

  4. Phycoerythrin


Correct Option: A

Which pigment system is inactivated in red drop?

  1. PS-I and PS-II

  2. PS I

  3. PS II

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  1. The fall in photosynthetic yield beyond the red region of the spectrum (680 runs) is called red drop.
  2. Reaction center of PS-2 is 680 while that of PA-1 is 700.
  3. So the psII system will be inactive.
So the correct option is PS II

PS II is physically located on which side of thylakoid membrane?

  1. Inner side

  2. Outer sicde

  3. Within the lumen of thylakoid

  4. Position of PS II shifts from inner to outside


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystem II or Pigment system II, a multiprotein complex involved in the non cyclic electron, proton translocation and photophosphorylation. It is located in the inner side of the thylakoid membrane.

So, the correct option is ‘Inner side’.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Which of the following is a strong inhibitor of PS-II in photosynthesis

  1. Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea

  2. Ethylene

  3. Indole acetic acid

  4. Chloroform


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

DCMU (Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea) is a herbicide which most effectively inhibits PSII in photosynthesis by the stopping CO$ _2$ fixation, which is essential for photosynthesis.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea.'

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

  1. Sorghum - Kranz anatomy

  2. PEP carboxylase - Mesophyll cells

  3. Blackman - Law of limiting factors

  4. PS II - p700


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The core of PSII consists of a pseudo-symmetric heterodimer of two homologous proteins D1 and D2. The reaction center chlorophyll (or the primary electron donor) of photosystem II that is most reactive and best in absorbing light at wavelength of 680 nm. P680 is a group of pigments that are excitonically coupled or that act as if the pigments are a single molecule when they absorb a photon.

Thus, the correct answer is 'PS II - p700.'

PS II is located on ____________.
  1. Inner side of thylakoid membrane

  2. Outer side of thylakoid membrane

  3. Lumen of thylakoid membrane

  4. Stroma lamellae


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystem I (Plastocyanin-ferredoxin oxidoreductase) is located in the membrane of stroma lamellae, while PSII  (water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase) is located in the grana region that is inner side of thylacoid membrane.

So, the correct answer is 'Inner side of thylakoid membrane'

During light reaction in photosynthesis, the following are formed. 
  1. ATP and sugar

  2. hydrogen,$ O _{2}$ and sugar

  3. ATP, hydrogen and $O _{2}$

  4. ATP, hydrogen and $O _{2}$ donor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Light reactions occur inside thylakoids. It is dependent upon light. It involves photolysis of water (breaking of water into $H _{2}$ and $O _{2}$  and production of assimilation power (NADPH and ATP). Electron released during photolysis of water are  picked up by $P _{680}$ photocentre of photosystem II. From here electrons passes over series of carrier which include PQ, cytochrome b-f complex, and PC. While passing over cytochrome complex, the electron losses sufficient energy for creation of proton gradient and ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. From PC electron losses sufficient energy for creation of proton gradient and ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. From PC electron is picked by the trap center $P _{700} $of phtotsystem I, which pushes out electron after absorbing light energy. Electron passes over carriers Fes, ferredoxin and NADP reductase which gives electron to $NADP^+$ for combing with $H^+$ to produce NADPH.
$NADP^+ 2e^- + H^{+} \xrightarrow[NADP \,\, reductase]{} NADPH $ , So, the correct answer is 'ATP, hydrogen and O2'.

What of the following process happens in PS II?

  1. ${ CO } _{ 2 }$ fixation

  2. ${ CO } _{ 2 }$ reduction

  3. Photolysis of H$ _2$O

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Photosystem II is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis and splitting of water is associated with it. Water is split into H+, [O] and electrons, creating O$ _{2}$ which is one of the net products of photosynthesis. The electrons needed to replace those removed from PS I are provided by PS II.

So, the correct option is 'Photolysis of H$ _{2}$O'.

The biochemical objective of PSI is to 

  1. oxidise $NADPH$

  2. hydrolyse $ATP$

  3. Phosphorylate $ADP$

  4. reduce $NADP^+$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The biochemical objective of PSI is to reduce NADP+ to NADPH because NADP+ is able to be reduced in NADPH by gain electron which has been excited from PSI(P700)  and also hydrogen ions from stroma. So electron required to reduce NADP+ is released from PSI so answer is option 4.

What do you mean by reaction centre

  1. It is located at center of photosynthetic apparatus

  2. Electron is 1st accepted by reaction centre

  3. Electron is excited from reaction centre

  4. Light is received first by reaction centre


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A photosynthetic reaction centre is a protein that is the site of the light reactions of photosynthesis. The reaction centre contains pigments such as chlorophyll and phaeophytin. These absorb light, promoting an electron to a higher energy level within the pigment which are located at centre of photosynthetic apparatus. so, 'the correct option is - It is located at centre of photosynthetic apparatus'.

Complex IV refers to cytochrome c oxidase complex containing cytochromes.

  1. b and $c _1$ and one copper centre

  2. a and $a _3$ and four copper centres

  3. $c _1$ and c and three copper centres

  4. a and $a _3$ and two copper centres


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The enzyme cytochrome c oxidase or Complex IV is a large transmembrane protein complex found in bacteria, archaea, and in eukaryotes in their mitochondria. It is the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport chain of cells located in the membrane. It receives an electron from each of four cytochrome c molecules, and transfers them to one dioxygen molecule, converting the molecular oxygen to two molecules of water. In this process it binds four protons from the inner aqueous phase to make two water molecules, and translocates another four protons across the membrane, increasing the transmembrane difference of proton electrochemical potential which the ATP synthase then uses to synthesize ATP. The complex contains two hemes, a cytochrome a and cytochrome a3, and two copper centers, the CuA and CuB centers. The cytochrome a3 and CuB form a binuclear center that is the site of oxygen reduction.


So the correct option is 'a and a$ _3$ and two copper centres'.

Wavelength of visible light, which is required for photosynthesis is

  1. 200 -400 nm.

  2. 390 -780 nm.

  3. 700 -900 nm.

  4. 100 -200 nm.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • A very small part of the electromagnetic spectrum can be seen by the human eye i.e., between the wavelengths 390 and 780 nm.
  • This part of the electromagnetic spectrum is called a visible light spectrum.
  • Within the spectrum the longer the wavelength of the radiation, the slower the vibration of the photons and the less energy each photon contains. 
    Hence, correct option is B.

Electrons from excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem- II are accepted first by

  1. Quinone.

  2. Ferredoxin.

  3. Cytochrome - b.

  4. Cytochrome - f.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystem- II is involved in non-cyclic photophosphorylation with a reaction center P${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _0}$. The electrons excited from P${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _0}$ are accepted by plastoquinoine. 

Photosystem II occurs in

  1. Stroma

  2. Cytochrome

  3. Grana thylakoids

  4. Mitochondrial surface


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Photosystem II is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is located in the grana of the thylakoid membrane of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.

So, the correct option is C.

Which "photosynthetic bacteria" possess both PS I and PS II

  1. Purple sulphur bacteria.

  2. Cyanobacteria.

  3. Purple nonsulphur bacteria.

  4. Green sulphur bacteria.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Photosynthetic bacteria posses only one type of photosystem and are mostly anaerobic and contains two type of pigment bacteriochlorophylls and bacterioviridin while cyanobacteria or blue-green algae posses two photosystems  PS I and PS II.

So the correct option is 'Cyanobacteria'.

PS I has

  1. More chlorophylls and more accessory pigments

  2. More chlorophylls and less accessory pigments

  3. Less chlorophylls and more accessory pigments

  4. Less chlorophylls and less accessory photosynthetic pigments


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystem I is one of the two membrane-bound photosystems of plants, algae and cyanobacteria that facilitate light-determined electron transport from water to NADPH. It utilizes absorbed light for electron transport from plastocyanin on the lumenal side to ferredoxin on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane. In plants, this special integral membrane complex consists of more than 15 protein subunits, approximately 175 chlorophyll molecules, 2 phylloquinones and 3 Fe$ _4$S$ _4$ clusters. Whereas Photosystem II (of cyanobacteria and green plants) is as many as 35 chlorophyll a, 12 beta-carotene, two pheophytins, two plastoquinone, two heme, one bicarbonate, 20 lipid molecules and other ionic clusters. Thus Photosystem I contains more chlorophylls and accessory pigments.

DCMU inhibits

  1. PS II

  2. PS I

  3. Destroys chloroplast

  4. Inhibits oxidative phosphorylation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

DCMU or Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea inhibits PS II in photosynthetic plants by blocking electron transfer from plastoquinone to cytochrome. DCMU binds to and blocks the site of plastoquinone, thus hinders the path and growth of plants. It is used as herbicide and algicide. It is also used in studying photosynthetic activity.

Photosynthesis II is concerned with

  1. Photolysis of water

  2. Flowering

  3. Reduction of CO$ _2$

  4. Release of energy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Being a light reaction, non-cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in the thylakoid membrane. First, a water molecule is broken down into 2H+ + 1/2 O2 + 2e by a process called photolysis (or light-splitting). The two electrons from the water molecule are kept in photosystem II, while the 2H+and 1/2O2 are left out for further use. Then a photon is absorbed by chlorophyll pigments surrounding the reaction core center of the photosystem. The light excites the electrons of each pigment, causing a chain reaction that eventually transfers energy to the core of photosystem II, exciting the two electrons that are transferred to the primary electron acceptor, pheophytin. The deficit of electrons is replenished by taking electrons from another molecule of water. 


So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

PS I is inactive at

  1. 550 nm

  2. 680 nm

  3. 690 nm

  4. 780 nm


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A) PS I can funtion at wavelengths of 700 nm or less. So, it will be active at 550 nm. But its maximum activity is at 700 nm.
B) It will be active at 680 nm.
C) It will be active at 690 nm.

D) PS I cannot function at wavelengths greater than 700 nm.
So the correct answer is '780 nm'.

A photosystem Contains

  1. pigments, a reaction centre, and an electron acceptor

  2. ADP1 P1 and hydrogen ions $(H^+)$

  3. protons, photons and pigments

  4. both (b) and (C)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosystems refer to PSI and PSII. Photosystem II contains chlorophyll a, as well as up to 50% chlorophyll b. It probably evolved later as a supplement to Photo I. It is needed to capture enough energy to do the biosynthetic reactions of the dark reaction. Its reaction centre is a molecule called P680 which absorbs light maximally at 680 nm. Similarly, PSI or P700 absorbs light at 700nm. A reaction centre comprises several (>10 or >11) protein subunits, that provide a scaffold for a series of cofactors. The cofactors can be pigments (like chlorophyllpheophytin, carotenoids), quinones, or iron-sulfur clusters and electron acceptors for transduction in the electron transport chain. 

So, the correct option is, 'pigments, a reaction centre, and an electron acceptor'.

The active component of photosystem-I composed of

  1. chlorophyll-a with absorption peak at 680 nm

  2. chlorophyll-a with absorption peak at 700 nm

  3. chlorophyll-b with absorption peak at 680 nm

  4. chlorophyll-a chlorophyll-b with absorption peak at 700 nm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The reaction center of photosystem-I is composed of two chlorophyll molecules and is therefore referred to as a dimer. The dimer is composed of one chlorophyll a molecule and one chlorophyll a' molecule with absorption peak at 700 nm.
Thus, the correct answer is 'chlorophyll a with absorption peak at 700 nm.'
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