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  • A. Interior space of thylakoid
  • B. Outside the thylakoid membrane
  • C. Into the stroma
  • D. At ATP synthase complex

Explanation: Water splits during photosynthesis in the interior space of thylakoid.

Correct answer: Interior space of thylakoid
  • A. It absorbs photons into PS-I
  • B. It is a long pathway
  • C. It produce ATP
  • D. Carbon dioxide fixation

Explanation: Carbon dioxide fixation does not take place in light dependent phase of photosynthesis; rather its fixation occurs in light independent…

Correct answer: Carbon dioxide fixation
  • A. Glycolysis
  • B. The electron transport system
  • C. Kerbs cycle
  • D. Fermentation

Explanation: The cyclic reactions of Krebs cylce produce both NADH and FADH2, while in glycolysis, only NADH is produced.

Correct answer: Kerbs cycle
  • A. Pyruvate decarboxylase
  • B. Phosphofructokinase
  • C. Glucokinase
  • D. Pyruvate phosphatases

Explanation: When excess NADH accumulates, the enzymes that produce NADH from NAD+ will be inhibited.

Correct answer: Pyruvate decarboxylase
  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Explanation: In a photosynthesizing cell exposed to high light intensity and low carbon dioxide concentration, the rate of photosynthesis may be…

Correct answer: Option A
  • A. Acetyle coenzyme A
  • B. Ribulose bisphosphate
  • C. Fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate
  • D. Triose phosphate

Explanation: Triose phosphate refers to a class of three-carbon sugar phosphates that play critical roles in cellular metabolism, particularly in…

Correct answer: Triose phosphate
  • A. To cause the breakdown of citric acid
  • B. To combine with glucose to produce carbon dioxide
  • C. To combine with carbon from organic molecules to produce carbon dioxide
  • D. To combine with hydrogen from organic molecules to produce water

Explanation: Function of molecular oxygen in cellular respiration is to combine with hydrogen from organic molecules to produce water.

Correct answer: To combine with hydrogen from organic molecules to produce water
  • A. ADP from ATP
  • B. ATP from ADP
  • C. Glucose 6-phosphate from glucose
  • D. NADP+ from NAD+

Explanation: During photophosphorylation, light energy is captured by chlorophyll and other pigment molecules in the thylakoid membranes of…

Correct answer: ATP from ADP
  • A. Alpha ketogluteric acid
  • B. Glyceric acid
  • C. Citric acid
  • D. Acetic acid

Explanation: Acetic acid, also known as ethanoic acid, is a simple organic acid with the chemical formula CH3COOH.

Correct answer: Acetic acid
  • A. 2 Electrons 1 proton
  • B. 2 Electrons 2 protons
  • C. Electron 2 protons
  • D. 1 Electrons 1 proton

Explanation: Conversion of NAD+ into NADH requires 2 Electrons 1 proton.

Correct answer: 2 Electrons 1 proton
  • A. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
  • B. 3-Phosphoglycerate
  • C. Ribulose bisphosphate
  • D. 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate

Explanation: 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate (1,3-BPG) is a high-energy intermediate in glycolysis, a central metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose to…

Correct answer: 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
  • A. 6 carbon atoms
  • B. 3 carbon atoms
  • C. 5 carbon atoms
  • D. 4 carbon atoms

Explanation: First stable compound during light-independent reactions contains 3 carbon atoms.

Correct answer: 3 carbon atoms
  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Explanation: Peak of absorption spectrum of photosyntheis is narrow and valley is broad and deep.

Correct answer: Option B
  • A. Same wavelength
  • B. 380 - 750 nm wavelengths
  • C. Different wavelengths
  • D. 280 - 750 nm wavelengths

Explanation: As absorption spectra of pigments vary, they absorb light of different wavelengths.

Correct answer: Different wavelengths
  • A. Red to orange
  • B. Yellow and red to orange
  • C. Yellow to orange
  • D. Orange and red to yellow

Explanation: According to their absorption spectra carotenes are red to orange pigments.

Correct answer: Red to orange
  • A. Green wavelength is reflected
  • B. Green wavelength is transmitted
  • C. Darker green color masks over the yellow color
  • D. Green wavelength is reflected and transmitted

Explanation: Carotenoids are yellow and red to orange pigments which are masked over by green colored chlorophylls.

Correct answer: Darker green color masks over the yellow color
  • A. Flat
  • B. Long and anchoring
  • C. Square shaped
  • D. Flat and square shaped

Explanation: It is porphyrin head made up of tetrapyrole rings.

Correct answer: Flat and square shaped
  • A. Chlorophyll - a,Chlorophyll - b
  • B. Carotenoids
  • C. Bacteriochlorophyll
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: Option D is correct.Both chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b are located in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. Few green plants and all algae
  • B. All green plants and all algae
  • C. All green plants and few algae
  • D. Few green plants and green algae

Explanation: Option C is correct. Chlorophyll b occurs in all green plants right from bryophytes to angiosperms but it is found only in euglenoids and…

Correct answer: All green plants and few algae
  • A. Carbon tetrachloride
  • B. Alcohol
  • C. Carbon tetrachloride and alcohol
  • D. Water

Explanation: Option C is correct.Chlorophylls are soluble in organic solvents, such as alcohol, ether, carbontetracholride and acetone.

Correct answer: Carbon tetrachloride and alcohol