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RQ of malic acid is

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Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid. How many molecules of pyruvic acid are formed from one molecule of glucose?
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The number of net ATP molecules produced from 1 glucose molecule during glycolysis is:
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In which of the following cellular compartment (s) do respiratory reactions occur?
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Conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, the first irreversible reaction of glycolysis, is catalyzed by:
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The respiratory quotient for fats is always:
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Which statement is wrong for Krebs' cycle?
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Which of the following biomolecules is common to respiration mediated breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins?
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Which of the following is a 6-carbon compound?
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The respiratory quotient of the reaction given below is :

2C51H98O6+145O2⟶102CO2+90H2O+ energy

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Respiratory quotient of glucose is
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In which one of the following processes CO2 is not released?
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Respiratory quotient is maximum when respiratory substrate is 
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The number of substrate-level phosphorylation in one turn of citric acid cycle is:
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Name the terminal acceptor of electrons in the mitochondrial electron transport chain.
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity during aerobic respiration requires:-
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Choose the correct statements regarding entry of substrates into respiratory pathway.
A) The amino acids will be formed by protease activity on proteins.
B) Carbohydrates will be converted into glucose for entry.
C) Amino acids will enter as pyruvate or acetyl COA.
D) Fatty acids will be entered as PGAL.
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During Citric Acid cycle, the various organic acid undergo decarboxylation. Which of the following organic acids of the above cycle have $4 \mathrm{C}, 5 \mathrm{C}$ and $6 \mathrm{C}$ respectively?
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Assertion (A) :- The pathway from glucose to lactic acid occurs in 10 metabolic steps. Organisms will trap this energy and store in the form of chemical molecules.

Reason (R) :- Glucose is the only substrate for the production of energy.

The correct option among the following is:

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When tripalmitin is used as respiratory substrate. The process consumes 145 molecules of oxygen and releases 102 molecules of CO2, then RQ would be
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Respiratory Quotient (RQ) value of tripalmitin is