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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants · Question 67

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1

In sugarcane plant 14CO2 is fixed to malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes CO2 is

  1. ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
  2. phosphoenolpyruvic acid carboxylase
  3. ribulose phosphate kinase
  4. fructose phosphate.

Answer

(2) phosphoenolpyruvic acid carboxylase

Solution

Sugarcane is a C4 plant.

As per NCERT, in mesophyll cells of C4 plants the primary CO2 acceptor is phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), and the enzyme for this fixation is PEP carboxylase (PEPcase).

⇒ PEP + CO2 → oxaloacetic acid, which is then converted to malic acid.

∴ The enzyme is phosphoenolpyruvic acid carboxylase.

Answer: (2)

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2

Stomata of CAM plants

  1. are always open
  2. open during the day and close at night
  3. open during the night and close during the day
  4. never open.
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3

Which element is located at the centre of the porphyrin ring in chlorophyll?

  1. Calcium
  2. Magnesium
  3. Potassium
  4. Manganese
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4

Which one of the following concerns photophosphorylation?

  1. ADP + AMP Light energy ATP
  2. ADP + Inorganic PO4 Light energy ATP
  3. ADP + Inorganic PO4 ATP
  4. AMP + Inorganic PO4 Light energy ATP
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5

Which of the following absorbs light energy for photosynthesis?

  1. Chlorophyll
  2. Water molecule
  3. O2
  4. RuBP
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6

In photosynthesis energy from light reaction to dark reaction is transferred in the form of

  1. ADP
  2. ATP
  3. RuDP
  4. chlorophyll
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7

Which pigment system is inactivated in red drop?

  1. PS-I and PS-II
  2. PS-I
  3. PS-II
  4. None of the above
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8

Which pair is wrong?

  1. C3-maize
  2. C4-Kranz anatomy
  3. Calvin cycle-PGA
  4. Hatch and Slack cycle-OAA
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9

Which is the first CO2 acceptor enzyme in C4 plants?

  1. RuDP carboxylase
  2. Phosphoric acid
  3. RuBisCO
  4. PEP- carboxylase
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10

For assimilation of one CO2 molecule, the energy required in form of ATP and NADPH2 are

  1. 2 ATP and 2 NADPH2
  2. 5 ATP and 3 NADPH2
  3. 3 ATP and 2 NADPH2
  4. 18 ATP and 12 NADPH2
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11

For the synthesis of one glucose molecule the Calvin cycle operates for

  1. 2 times
  2. 4 times
  3. 6 times
  4. 8 times
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