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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Ques. 1AIPMT 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

Answer

(3) stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

Solution

As per NCERT, in photorespiration RuBisCO binds O2 instead of CO2 and RuBP gives one molecule of phosphoglycerate and one of phosphoglycolate; the pathway involves chloroplast, peroxisome and mitochondria.

∵ O2 is consumed (i) in the stroma of chloroplasts — oxygenation of RuBP by RuBisCO, and (ii) in peroxisomes — oxidation of glycolate to glyoxylate by glycolate oxidase.

∵ In mitochondria CO2 is released, not O2 consumed; grana carry out the light reaction ⇒ (2) and (4) are wrong.

Answer: (3)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2006

In photosystem I, the first electron acceptor is

  1. an iron-sulphur protein
  2. ferredoxin
  3. cytochrome
  4. plastocyanin
Ques. 3AIPMT 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. 4AIPMT 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. 5AIPMT 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. 6AIPMT 2005

Chlorophyll in chloroplasts is located in

  1. Stroma
  2. Grana
  3. Pyrenoid
  4. Both (1) and (3)
Ques. 7AIPMT 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. 8AIPMT 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. 9AIPMT 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.
Ques. 10AIPMT 2003

Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are primarily absorbed by carotenoids of the higher plants?

  1. Blue and green
  2. Green and red
  3. Red and violet
  4. Violet and blue.
Ques. 11AIPMT 2003

Which one of the following is wrong in relation to photorespiration?

  1. It occurs in chloroplast
  2. It occurs in day time only
  3. It is a characteristic of C4 plants
  4. It is a characteristic of C3 plants.

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