Photosynthesis QnA

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

Amon

Blackman

Hill

Calvin

#2. Photosynthetic units are referred as

Phycobilisome

Quantasome

Oxysome

Fiparticles

#3. CAM-plants are mainly

Succulent xerophyte

None of the above

Epihytes

Hydrophtytes

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

Controls growth & Movement

Controls distribution of hormones & flowering

Necessary for photosynthesis

All of the above

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

One cycles

Six cycles

Twelve cycles

Three cycles

#6. In photosynthetic bacteria the photosynthesis takes place in

Chromoplast

Mesosomes

Chloroplast

Chromatophores

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

One

Four

Two

Six

#8. Photosynthetic bacteria do not contain

PS - I

PS- I or PS-II

PS-II

Quantasome

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

38 ATP e

54 ATP e

40 ATP e

36 ATP e

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

H₂S

O₂

S

H₂O