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This set of Biology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Photosynthesis Set 5

Q1 | Which of the following gas would disappear from the atmosphere if all the photosynthetic activitieswere to stop?
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbondioxide
  • Hydrogen
  • Oxygen
Q2 | Photo-oxidation of chlorophyll and cell contents as a result of high light intensity is known as
  • Solarization
  • Photolysis
  • Photperiodism
  • Photorespiration
Q3 | Temperature is very high but a plant is showing photosynthesis with normal rate, probably it would be
  • C3 plant
  • Mango plant
  • Pea plant
  • Sugarcane plant
Q4 | For the process of photosynthesis all except one of the following items are essential. Point out the exception
  • CO2, optimum temperature
  • Glucose and oxygen
  • Water and minerals
  • Light and chlorophyll
Q5 | The prerequisities of Calvins cycle are
  • H2O, CO2, ATP
  • ATP, H2O, NADPH2
  • CO2, ATP, NADPH2
  • NADPH2, H2O, CO2
Q6 | In the calvin cycle, the assimilatory power is used during
  • Formation of PGA
  • Conversion of PGA to PGAL
  • Formation of fructose 1-6 diphsophate from PGAL
  • Formation of glucose from fructose – di- phosphate
Q7 | Which is sensitive to longer wavelength of light?
  • Photolysi
  • PSI
  • PS II
  • Photophosphorylation
Q8 | In chrophyll structure Phytol tail is present at
  • 3rd carbon of IInd ring
  • 2nd carbon of IIIrd ring
  • 7th carbon of IVth ring
  • 3rd carbon of IVth ring
Q9 | Reduction of co-enzyme NADP depends on
  • Reduction of CO2
  • Evolution of O2
  • Photolysis of water
  • Formation of ATP
Q10 | Loculus is the internal space of
  • Grana
  • Stroma
  • Thylakoid
  • Quantasome
Q11 | Calvins cycle involves
  • Oxidative phosphorylation
  • Oxidative carboxylation
  • Reductive carboxylation
  • Reductive phophorylation
Q12 | In C4 plants, carboxylation is twice, it can be represented as
  • Pyruvic acid + CO2 and malic acid + CO2
  • RuBP + CO2 and pyruvic acid + CO2
  • PEPA + CO2 and RuBP + CO2
  • PEPA + CO2 and malic acid + CO2
Q13 | In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, all the participants acts as electron donor and acceptor except
  • Chl-a of PS I
  • Chl-a of PS II
  • NADP
  • Both (A) and (B)
Q14 | Ribbon shaped chloroplast is present in
  • Zygnema
  • Spirogyra
  • Chlorobium
  • Chromatinum
Q15 | Which of the following protist is a photoautotroph
  • Thiobacillus
  • Ferrobacillus
  • Diatoms
  • Chlorobium
Q16 | Photosynthesis takes place
  • Only in green light
  • Only in sunlight
  • In visible light obtained from any source
  • Only in high intensity of light
Q17 | Chlorophyll-a differes from chlorophyll-b in having—
  • Methly group instead of aldehyde group
  • Aldehyde group instead of methyl group
  • Methyl group instead of ethyl group
  • Only phytol tail instead of head
Q18 | In non-cyclic photophosphorylation
  • ATP is generated
  • Both PSI and PSII are involved
  • Electron flow is unidirectional
  • All the above
Q19 | In con-cyclic photophosphorylation, the electron emitted by P680 is replaced by electron from
  • NADP
  • Water
  • Ferridoxin
  • Chlorophyll-a
Q20 | 85-90% (9/10) of all photosynthesis in the world is carried out by
  • Shrub
  • Algae of the oceans
  • Herbs
  • Scientists in the laboratory
Q21 | Primary and secondary processes of Photosynthesis takes place in ______ and ______ respectively.
  • Stroma and grana
  • Stroma and lamellae
  • Thylakoid and quantasome
  • Grana and stroma
Q22 | Which one occurs during both cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation
  • Formation of ATP
  • Release of O2
  • Formation of NADPH2
  • Involvement of both PSI and PSII
Q23 | The photochemical process in photosynthesis which needs both PSI and PSII also involves
  • Photolysis of water
  • Z-scheme of electron transfer
  • Synthesis of assimilatory power
  • All of these
Q24 | For synthesis of one molecule of glucose, the requirement of ATP and NADPH2 is respectively
  • 15 and 10
  • 12 and 8
  • 30 and 15
  • 18 and 12
Q25 | Which of the following element is needed for chlorophyll biosynthesis?
  • Copper
  • Magnesium
  • Calcium
  • Chlorine