Emerson's enhancement effect and Red drop have been instrumental in the discovery of:
1. Photophosphorylation and non-cyclic electron transport
2. Two photosystems operating simultaneously
3. Photophosphorylation and cyclic electron transport
4. Oxidative phosphorylation
One scientist cultured Cladophora in a suspension of Azotobacter and illuminated the culture by splitting light through a prism. He observed that bacteria accumulated mainly in the region of:
1. | Violet and green light |
2. | Indigo and green light |
3. | Orange and yellow light |
4. | Blue and red light |
In Hatch and Slack pathway, the primary CO2 acceptor is -
1. Oxaloacetic acid
2. Phosphoglyceric acid
3. Phosphoenol pyruvate
4. Rubisco
First action spectrum of photosynthesis was described by:
1. Joseph Priestley
2. T. W. Engelmann
3. Robin Hill
4. C. B. van Neil
During oxygenic photosynthesis in chloroplasts, the liberated oxygen comes from ______ and the reactions leading to its liberation are associated with ______.
1. CO2, PS II
2. H2O, PSII
3. CO2, Calvin cycle
4. H2O, PS I
Where are the carriers of the electrons located in a chloroplast?
1. | within thylakoid membranes |
2. | in the intra thylakoid space |
3. | within the inner membrane |
4. | in the intermembrane space [between outer and inner membrane] |
Calvin cycle consumes more ATP than NADPH. What is the source of this extra ATP needed?
1. PS I
2. PS II
3. Cyclic electron flow
4. Linear electron flow
An increased leakiness of the thylakoid membrane will directly effect:
1. | the photolysis of water |
2. | synthesis of ATP |
3. | electron flow from PSII to PSI |
4. | The reduction of NADP+ |
The catalytic knobs of ATP synthetase in a thylakoid membrane is located:
1. | on the side facing the thylakoid space. |
2. | on the stroma side of the membrane. |
3. | embedded deep within the membrane |
4. | on the pigments molecules of Photosystems |
Carbon dioxide provided to a C4 plant is radioactively labeled. As the photosynthesis in this plant gets underway, radioactivity if expected to occur first in:
1. Oxaloacetic acid
2. PEP
3. Malic acid
4. RuBP