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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Ques. 1AIPMT 2007

In the leaves of C4 plants, malic acid formation during CO2 fixation occurs in the cells of

  1. bundle sheath
  2. phloem
  3. epidermis
  4. mesophyll

Answer

(4) mesophyll

Solution

As per NCERT, in C4 plants the primary CO2 acceptor PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) is present in the mesophyll cells, and the enzyme PEP carboxylase (PEPcase) fixes CO2 there: PEP + CO2 → OAA (oxaloacetic acid).

This OAA is converted into malic acid (or aspartic acid) in the mesophyll cells itself, which is then transported to the bundle sheath cells.

Answer: (4)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2007

The first acceptor of electrons from an excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem II is

  1. iron-sulphur protein
  2. ferredoxin
  3. quinone
  4. cytochrome
Ques. 3AIPMT 2006

During photorespiration, the oxygen consuming reaction(s) occur in

  1. stroma of chloroplasts
  2. stroma of chloroplasts and mitochondria
  3. stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomes
  4. grana of chloroplasts and peroxisomes
Ques. 4AIPMT 2006

In photosystem I, the first electron acceptor is

  1. an iron-sulphur protein
  2. ferredoxin
  3. cytochrome
  4. plastocyanin
Ques. 5AIPMT 2005

As compared to a C3-plant, how many additional molecules of ATP are needed for net production of one molecule of hexose sugar by C4-plants?

  1. Two
  2. Six
  3. Twelve
  4. Zero
Ques. 6AIPMT 2005

Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) has the following range of wavelengths.

  1. 340–450 nm
  2. 400–700 nm
  3. 500–600 nm
  4. 450–950 nm
Ques. 7AIPMT 2005

Photosynthesis in C4 plants is relatively less limited by atmospheric CO2 levels because

  1. effective pumping of CO2 into bundle sheath cells
  2. RuBisCo in C4 plants has higher affinity for CO2
  3. four carbon acids are the primary initial CO2 fixation products
  4. the primary fixation of CO2 is mediated via PEP carboxylase.
Ques. 8AIPMT 2005

Chlorophyll in chloroplasts is located in

  1. Stroma
  2. Grana
  3. Pyrenoid
  4. Both (1) and (3)
Ques. 9AIPMT 2005

Chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthesis in the chloroplasts and mitochondria is based on

  1. Proton gradient
  2. Membrane potential
  3. Accumulation of Na+ ions
  4. Accumulation of K+ ions
Ques. 10AIPMT 2004

In C3 plants, the first stable product of photosynthesis during the dark reaction is

  1. malic acid
  2. oxaloacetic acid
  3. 3-phosphoglyceric acid
  4. phosphoglyceraldehyde
Ques. 11AIPMT 2004

Plants adapted to low light intensity have

  1. larger photosynthetic unit size than the sun plants
  2. higher rate of CO2 fixation than the sun plants
  3. more extended root system
  4. leaves modified to spines.

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