Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is photophosphorylation?

  • Production of ATP from ADP

  • Production of NADP

  • Synthesis of ADP from ATP

  • Production of PGA


A.

Production of ATP from ADP

Photophosphorylation is the synthesis of ATP from ADP during light reaction of photosynthesis. It was discovered by Amon et al, in 1954.


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The order of occurrence of the cytochromes in the F1 particle is

  • cyt-b, cyt-c, cyt-a-cyt a3

  • cyt-c, cyt-b, cyt-a-cyt a3

  • cyt-a, cyt-b, cyt-c-cyt a3

  • cyt-a3, cyt-a, cyt-c-cyt b


Chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthesis, in the chloroplast and mitochondria, is based on :

  • proton gradient

  • membrane potential

  • accumulation of K ions

  • accumulation of Na ions


CO2 acceptor in C3 cycle is

  • OAA

  • RuBP

  • PEP

  • Malic acid


Dimorphism of chloroplast is found in

  • C3 - plants

  • C4 - plants

  • CAM plants

  • Both (b) and (c)


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Photorespiration in C3 -plants starts from :

  • glycine

  • glycerate

  • phosphoglycolate

  • phosphoglycerate


Plants purify air by which process?

  • Photorespiration

  • Photosynthesis

  • Photophosphorylation

  • Transpiration


Sunken stomata occur in

  • xerophytes

  • hydrophytes

  • mesophytes

  • opsanophytes


The first carbon dioxide fixation in C4 pathway occurs in chloroplasts of

  • guard cells

  • mesophyll cells

  • bundle sheath cells

  • epidermal cells


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From which of the following, photosynthetic autotrophs receive their energy?

  • Heat

  • Inorganic chemicals

  • Organic chemicals

  • Light


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