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Important Questions on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2 acceptor in:
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A plant in your garden avoids photorespiratory losses, has improved water use efficiency, shows high rates of photosynthesis at high temperatures and has improved efficiency of nitrogen utilization. In which of the following physiological groups would you assign this plant?
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The two enzymatic activities associated with RuBisCO are:
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Choose the correct statements among the following.
A) Chlorophyll is the major pigment responsible for the trapping of light, accessory pigments also participate
B) In green plants, H2O is the hydrogen donor
C) In purple sulfur bacteria the oxidation product is carbon
D) Radioisotope studies proved water as a source of O2 release in photosynthesis.
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During non-cyclic photophosphorylation, when electrons are lost from the reaction centre at PSII, what is the source which replaces these electrons?
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The oxygen evolved during photosynthesis comes from water molecules. Which one of the following pairs of elements is involved in this reaction?
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Consider the following statements regarding photosynthesis and respiration in plants and select the correct option.
I. RuBisCO has high affinity to oxygen in low CO2 concentration.
II. The Calvin pathway occurs in the chloroplast of bundle sheath cells of C4 plants.
III. Yeast position themselves when the concentration of alcohol reaches 7%.
IV. Oxygen is a final hydrogen acceptor during aerobic respiration.
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Assertion (A): Chromatographic separation of leaf pigments shows that leaves has four different pigments.

Reason (R): Pigments absorb light at specific wavelengths and help in the process of photosynthesis. The major leaf pigments are chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, xanthophylls and carotenoids. 

The correct option among the following is:

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If a pure chlorophyll solution is illuminated with ultraviolet light, the solution appears:
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Which one of the following is NOT a role of accessory pigments?
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The deficiency of which of these elements interrupts photolysis of water during photosynthesis?
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In light reaction, plastoquinone facilitates the transfer of electrons from
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Assertion (A): In PS I, the reaction centre, chlorophyll 'a' has an absorption peak at 700 nm, hence is called P700, while in PS II, it has absorption maxima at 680 nm and is called P680.

Reason (R): Calvin pathways occur in all photosynthetic plants, it does not matter where they have C3 or C4 pathways and the Calvin cycle described in three stages: Carboxylation, reduction and regeneration.

The correct answer is:

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Arrange the path of electrons from water to the phycocyanin in the light reaction.

i) Plastoquinone

ii) Excited P680*

iii) Cyt f

iv) Fe-S

v) Pheophytin

vi) Quinone

The correct sequence is

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With the help of a suitable diagrammatic representation explain HSK pathway.
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Who stated that green substance (chlorophyll), located in the special organelle (chloroplast) of plant cells produces glucose?
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The graph below represents the absorption spectrum of a major pigment contributing to photosynthesis.

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Which one of the following best represents the photosynthetic efficiency of the pigment?