Photosynthesis in Higher Plants MCQ Questions for Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 with Answers

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Q1. Translocation of carbohydrates or sugars (photosynthetic products) in flowering plants occurs in the form of

(i) Glucose
(ii) Starch
(iii) Maltose
(iv) Sucrose

(iv) Sucrose


Q2. The law of limiting factor was given by

(i) Calvin
(ii) Blackman
(iii) Priestley
(iv) None of these

(ii) Blackman


Q3. Which enzyme is most abundantly found on earth?

(i) Catalase
(ii) Rubisco
(iii) Nitrogenase
(iv) Invertase

(ii) Rubisco


Q4. It is only the green part of the plant, which takes part in

(i) Respiration
(ii) Transpiration
(iii) Photosynthesis
(iv) Osmosis

(iii) Photosynthesis


Q5. Energy is transformed from the light reaction step to the dark reaction step by

(i) ATP
(ii) RUBP
(iii) ADP
(iv) Chlorophyll

(i) ATP


Q6. The primary carbon dioxide acceptor in C4 cycle is

(i) malic acid
(ii) phosphoenol pyruvate
(iii) rubisco
(iv) aspartic acid

(ii) phosphoenol pyruvate


Q7. How many turns of Calvin cycle yield one molecule of glucose?

(i) Eight
(ii) Two
(iii) Six
(iv) Four

(iii) Six


Q8. Photosynthesis is most active in

(i) Sun light
(ii) Yellow light
(iii) Red light
(iv) Green light

Above


Q9. A cell that lacks chloroplast does not

(i) Utlize carbohydrates
(ii) Evolve carbon dioxide
(iii) Require water
(iv) Liberate oxygen

(iv) Liberate oxygen


Q10. The end product of the Calvin cycle is

(i) RuBP
(ii) PGAL
(iii) PGA
(iv) ADP + NADP

(i) RuBP


Q11. The process of taking in CO2 by plants and releasing O2 is termed as

(i) Transpiration
(ii) Respiration
(iii) Photosynthesis
(iv) Endosmosis

(iii) Photosynthesis


Q12. Which one of the following statements about cytochrome P-450 is wrong?

(i) It is a colored cell
(ii) It is an enzyme involved in oxidation reaction
(iii) It has an important role in metabolism
(iv) It contains iron

(i) It is a colored cell


Q13. Site of dark reaction is

(i) Granum
(ii) Unit membrane
(iii) Lamella
(iv) Stroma

(iv) Stroma


Q14. The metabolic pathway which produces carbohydrate is

(i) Calvin cycle
(ii) Glycolysis
(iii) Cyclic electron pathway
(iv) Krebs cycle

(i) Calvin cycle


Q15. Respiration and photosynthesis both require

(i) Green cells
(ii) Sunlights
(iii) Cytochromes
(iv) Organic fuel

(iii) Cytochromes


Q16. The function of ATP in photosynthesis is the transfer of energy from the

(i) Dark reaction to the light reaction
(ii) Light reaction to the dark reaction
(iii) Chloroplasts to mitochondria
(iv) Mitochondria to chloroplasts

(ii) Light reaction to the dark reaction


Q17. All vegetation is only due to water was proved experimentally by

(i) Aristotle
(ii) Van Helmont
(iii) Joseph
(iv) Stephen Hales

(ii) Van Helmont


Q18. Which of the following is not an accessory pigment?

(i) Carotene
(ii) Chlorophyll a
(iii) Chlorophyll b
(iv) Xanthophyll

(ii) Chlorophyll a


Q19. Which range of wavelength (in nm) is called photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)?

(i) 400-700
(ii) 760-10,000
(iii) 100-390
(iv) 390-430

(i) 400-700


Q20. ADP + iP = ATP in grana is called:–

(i) Phosphorylation
(ii) Oxidative phosphorylation
(iii) Photophosphorylation
(iv) Photolysis

(iii) Photophosphorylation


Q21. Vegetation always purifies the air was proved experimentally first by

(i) Liebig
(ii) Warburg
(iii) Stephen Hales
(iv) Joseph Priestly

(iv) Joseph Priestly


Q22. Discovery of Emerson effect has already shown the

(i) two distinct photochemical reactions
(ii) light and dark reactions of photosynthesis
(iii) photophosphorylation
(iv) photorespiration

(i) two distinct photochemical reactions


Q23. Chlorophyll in chloroplasts is located in

(i) Grana
(ii) Pyrenoid
(iii) Stroma
(iv) Both grana and stroma

(i) Grana


Q24. Chlorophyll ‘a’ molecule at its carbon atom 3 of the Pyrrole ring II has one of the following:

(i) methyl group
(ii) aldehyde group
(iii) carboxyl group
(iv) magnesium

(i) methyl group


Q25. Wastage of energy is associated with

(i) Krebs cycle
(ii) Photorespiration
(iii) Photosynthesis
(iv) Glycolysis

(ii) Photorespiration


Q26. Translocation of sugar in flowering plants occurs in the form of

(i) glucose
(ii) sucrose
(iii) starch
(iv) maltose

(ii) sucrose


Q27. Algae and other submerged plants bount in water during day time and sink at night, because

(i) They come upto enjoy some time
(ii) They lose weight at night
(iii) They become bouyant due to accumulation of O2 as a result of photosynthesis
(iv) They become light due to food material accumulation

(iii) They become bouyant due to accumulation of O2 as a result of photosynthesis


Q28. When the rate of translocation is slow, the rate of photosyntheis shall

(i) Increase
(ii) Decrease
(iii) Remain Unaffected
(iv) Become Zero

(ii) Decrease


Q29. Who enunciated the law of limiting factor for photosynthesis?

(i) Robert Emerson
(ii) Ruben
(iii) Blackman
(iv) Calvin

(iii) Blackman


Q30. Which one occurs both during cyclic and noncyclic modes of photophosphorylation?

(i) Involvement of both PS I and PS II
(ii) Formation of ATP
(iii) Release of O2
(iv) Formation of NADPH

(ii) Formation of ATP


Q31. The first visible product of photosynthesis is

(i) Starch
(ii) Glycogen
(iii) Sugar
(iv) Fatty acids

(ii) Starch


Q32. Which of the following process (C4 cycle) occurs in bundle sheath cells?

(i) Regeneration
(ii) Fixation
(iii) Carboxylation
(iv) Decarboxylation

(iv) Decarboxylation


Q33. Photosynthesis is most active in

(i) Sun light
(ii) Yellow light
(iii) Red light
(iv) Green light

(iii) Red light


Q34. Which one of the following is represented by Calvin cycle?

(i) Reductive carboxylation
(ii) Oxidative carboxylation
(iii) Photophosphorylation
(iv) Oxidative phosphorylation

(i) Reductive carboxylation


Q35. Photosynthesis has two reaction complexes, one followed by the other. The second seaction complex

(i) Traps light energy
(ii) Fixes carbon dioxide
(iii) Synthesizes starch
(iv) Evolves oxygen

(ii) Fixes carbon dioxide


Q36. Water stress causes

(i) opening of stomata
(ii) increase in metabolic rate
(iii) wilting of leaves
(iv) lesser availability of carbon dioxide

(iii) wilting of leaves


Q37. Structurally, chlorophyll a and b are different as

(i) Chl a has a methyl group and Chl b has an aldehyde group.
(ii) Chl a has an aldehyde group and Chl b has a methyl group.
(iii) Chl a has an ethyl group and Chl b has an aldehyde group.
(iv) Chl a has a carboxyl group and Chl b has an aldehyde group.

(i) Chl a has a methyl group and Chl b has an aldehyde group.


Q38. What is common between chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts?

(i) Storage of starch, proteins and lipids
(ii) Possession of thylakoids and grana
(iii) Presence of pigments
(iv) Ability to multiply by a fission-like process

(iv) Ability to multiply by a fission-like process


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