Multiple Choice Questions

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Photorespiration in C3 -plants starts from :

  • glycine

  • glycerate

  • phosphoglycolate

  • phosphoglycerate


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phosphoglycolate

Photorespiration in C-plants starts from phosphoglycolate. Phosphoglycolate is formed in chloroplast which represents the source of carbon dioxide released in photorespiration. Its phosphate group is first hydrolyzed away by a specific phosphatase found in chloroplasts of C3 -plants releasing Pi and glycolic acid. The glycolate then moves out of chloroplasts into the adjacent peroxisomes.


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Anaerobic respiration is also called :

  • restoration

  • fragmentation

  • multiplication

  • fermentation


Rate of heart beat is determined by :

  • AV-node

  • SA-node

  • Purkinje fibres

  • Papillary muscles


A person breathing normally at rest, takes in and expels approximately half a litre of air during each respiratory cycle. This is called :

  • tidal volume

  • vital capacity

  • inspiratory reserve volume

  • expiratory reserve volume


Mesophyll cells, which liberate malic acid at night time, are of :

  • C4 - plants

  • C3 - plants

  • C2 - plants

  • C1 - plants


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The plants respond to photoperiods due to the presence of :

  • enzymes

  • stomata

  • phytochromes

  • phytohormones


The name of process of aerobic respiration, in which energy is provided in steps in electron transport chain, is :

  • EMP-pathway

  • decarboxylation

  • photophosphorylation

  • oxidative phosphorylation


Asthma is caused due to :

  • infection of lungs

  • infection of trachea

  • bleeding into pleural cavity

  • spasm in bronchial muscles


Biological oxidation in Krebs cycle involves :

  • O2

  • N2

  • CO2

  • SO2


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The first heart sound is produced when :

  • diastole begins

  • semilunar valve close quickly

  • interventricular pressure decreases

  • bicuspid and tricuspid valve close quickly