Cornelius van Niel, who, based on his studies demonstrated that photosynthesis is essentially a light-dependent reaction performed his experiments on-
1. Cladophora
2. purple and green bacteria
3. green algae
4. Non sulphur bacteria
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
| 1. | Oxygen is released from water. |
| 2. | Photosynthesis is a single step reaction. |
| 3. | Action spectrum of photosynthesis resembles roughly the absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and b. |
| 4. | In plants glucose is stored as starch. |
Where does photosynthesis takes place?
| 1. | in green leaves |
| 2. | in green parts of plant |
| 3. | in leaves |
| 4. | in complete plant |
The _____________ in the leaves have a large number of_________, which align themselves along the walls of the ____________, such that they get the __________quantity of the incident light.
| 1. | chloroplasts, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, optimum. |
| 2. | mesophyll cells, chlorophyll, mesophyll cells, optimum. |
| 3. | mesophyll cells, chloroplasts, mesophyll cells, optimum. |
| 4. | mesophyll cells, chloroplasts, mesophyll cells, minimum. |
Identify i, ii, iii and iv labellings in the following diagram :

| i | ii | iii | iv | |
| 1. | stroma lamella | thylakoid | stroma | genetic material |
| 2. | stroma lamella | grana | stroma | starch granule |
| 3. | grana | lamella | stroma | starch granule |
| 4. | stroma lamella | grana | cytoplasm | starch granule |
| Column I | Column II |
| i. grana | a. dark reaction |
| ii. Stroma | b. light reaction |
| c. synthesis of ATP and NADPH+H+ | |
| d. synthesis of sugar |
| 1. | i-b, c; ii-a, d. |
| 2. | i-a, d; ii-b, c. |
| 3. | i-b, d; ii-a,c. |
| 4. | i-b; ii-a, c, d. |
How many of the following statements are correct?
| i. | Products of dark reaction are substrates of light reaction. |
| ii. | Products of light reaction are substrates of dark reaction. |
| iii. | In the stroma, enzymatic reactions incorporate CO2 into the plant leading to the synthesis of sugar. |
| iv. | Dark reactions are directly light-driven. |
| v. | Chloroplast is a single membranous organelle. |
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 1
Products of light reaction does not include-
a. ATP & NADPH
b. CO2
c. O2
d. Electrons
Absorption spectrum of chlorophyll- ‘a’ is shown by-

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. Not shown.
How many pigments are responsible for the color of a plant leaf?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4