The oxygen evolved during photosynthesis comes from water molecu

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1.

A plant in your garden avoids photorespiratory losses, has improved water use efficiency, shows high rate of photosynthesis at high temperatures and has improved efficiency of nitrogen utilisation. In which of the following physiological groups would you assign this plant?

  • C4

  • CAM

  • Nitogen-fixer

  • Nitogen-fixer

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2.

Emerson's enhancement effect and red drop have instrumental in the discovery of

  • two photosystems operating simultaneously

  • photophosphorylation and cyclic electron transport

  • oxidative phosphorylation

  • oxidative phosphorylation

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3.

Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells are called

  • sunbsidiary cells

  • bulliform cells

  • lenticels

  • lenticels

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4.

The three boxes in this diagram represent the three major biosynthetic pathways in aerobic net reactant or products



Arrows numbered 4, 8 and 12 can all be

  • NADH

  • ATP

  • H2O

  • H2O

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5.

Chromatophores take part in

  • Photosynthesis

  • Growth

  • Movement 

  • Movement 

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6.

The oxygen evolved during photosynthesis comes from water molecules. Which one of the following pairs of elements is involved in this reaction?

  • Manganese and Chlorine

  • Manganese and Potassium

  • Magnesium and Molybdenum

  • Magnesium and Molybdenum


A.

Manganese and Chlorine

Photolysis of water during photosynthesis evolve nascent oxygen in the presence of manganese, calcium and chloride ions.

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7.

In photosynthesis, the light-independent reactions take place

  • Thylakoid lumen

  • Photosystem I

  • Photosystem II

  • Photosystem II

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8.

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of 

  • rhodospirlllum

  • Spirogyra

  • Chlamydomonas

  • Chlamydomonas

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9.

A process that makes important difference between C3 and C4 plants is

  • transpiration

  • glycolysis

  • photosynthesis

  • photosynthesis

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10.

The correct sequence of cell organelles during photorespiration is

  • chloroplast - Golgi bodies - mitochondria

  • chloroplast-rough endoplasmic reticulum -dictyosomes

  • chloroplast-mitochondria-peroxisome

  • chloroplast-mitochondria-peroxisome

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