At low light conditions, which of the following groups of plants responds to high CO2 conditions?
1. C3
2. C4
3. Both C3 and C4
4. Neither C3 nor C4

Subtopic:  Factors Affecting Photosynthesis |
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The water-splitting complex in green plants is associated with:
1. PS I, which itself is physically located on the inner side of the
membrane of the thylakoid.
2. PS I, which itself is physically located on the outer side of the
membrane of the thylakoid.
3. PS II, which itself is physically located on the inner side of the
membrane of the thylakoid.
4. PS II, which itself is physically located on the outer side of the
membrane of the thylakoid.
Subtopic:  Light Reaction: Electron Transport |
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The numbers of ATP and NADPH molecules required to make one molecule of glucose through the Calvin pathway, respectively, are:
1. 9 and 6
2. 18 and 12
3. 6 and 9
4. 12 and 18
Subtopic:  Dark Reaction : Calvin Cycle |
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The reaction centres in PSI and PSII in higher plants are respectively called as:
1. P680 and P700
2. P700 and P680
3. P870 and P700
4. P680 and P870
Subtopic:  Photosystems | Light Reaction: Electron Transport |
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By studying purple sulphur bacteria and green sulphur bacteria, who was the first scientist to demonstrate, in 1931, that photosynthesis is a light-dependent redox reaction in which hydrogen from an oxidizable compound reduces carbon dioxide to cellular materials?
1. Robert Hill
2. C. B. van Neil
3. Arnon
4. Jan Ingenhousz

Subtopic:  Historical View: Experiments |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): C4 plants are more suited to hot climates than C3 plants.
Reason(R): They do not close their stomata in hot, dry weather.
 
1. (A) is True but (R) is False
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A)
3. Both (A) and (R) are True and but (R) does not correctly explain (A)
4. (A) is False but (R) is True
Subtopic:  C4 Cycle (Hatch & Slack Pathway) |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): The Calvin cycle actually occurs only in the dark or during night time.
Reason (R): The Calvin cycle is also called as ‘Dark’ reactions.
 
1. (A) is True but (R) is False
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A)
3. Both (A) and (R) are True and but (R) does not correctly explain (A)
4. (A) is False but (R) is True
Subtopic:  Dark Reaction : Calvin Cycle |
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Regarding ATP synthase involved in chemiosmosis in chloroplasts:
I: The component CF0 is embedded in the thylakoid membrane.
II: The component CF1 protrudes on the outer surface of the thylakoid membrane on the side that faces the stroma.
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Chemiosmotic hypothesis |
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Consider the two given statements:
Assertion (A): The cyclic flow hence, results only in the synthesis of ATP, but not of NADPH + H+.
Reason (R): The excited electron does not pass on to NADP+ but is cycled back to the PS I complex through the electron transport chain.
 
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A)
2. (A) is True but (R) is False
3. (A) is False but (R) is True
4. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A)
Subtopic:  Light Reaction: Photophosphorylation |
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The primary CO2 acceptor in C4 plants is oxaloacetate and is found in the mesophyll  cells
Statement II: Mesophyll cells in C4 plants  carry out Calvin cycle.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
4. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Subtopic:  C4 Cycle (Hatch & Slack Pathway) |
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