Photosynthesis QnA

#1. Bio-Chemical phase in photosynthesis was first discovered by

Calvin

Hill

Amon

Blackman

#2. Photosynthetic units are referred as

Phycobilisome

Oxysome

Fiparticles

Quantasome

#3. CAM-plants are mainly

Hydrophtytes

None of the above

Succulent xerophyte

Epihytes

#4. What is the role of light in plants ?

All of the above

Controls distribution of hormones & flowering

Controls growth & Movement

Necessary for photosynthesis

#5. How many calvin cycles would generate one molecules of glucose/hexose

Twelve cycles

Six cycles

Three cycles

One cycles

#6. In photosynthetic bacteria the photosynthesis takes place in

Chromoplast

Mesosomes

Chromatophores

Chloroplast

#7. How many molecules of water would be consumed to support one calvin cycles

Six

One

Two

Four

#8. Photosynthetic bacteria do not contain

PS- I or PS-II

PS-II

PS - I

Quantasome

#9. How much energy in terms of ATP equivalents is consumed in the photosynthetic production of a mole of hexose

40 ATP e

36 ATP e

54 ATP e

38 ATP e

#10. What is the by product of bacterial photosynthesis?

H₂S

S

H₂O

O₂