Photosynthesis QnA

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

Calvin

Hill

Amon

Blackman

#2. Photosynthetic units are referred as

Phycobilisome

Oxysome

Quantasome

Fiparticles

#3. CAM-plants are mainly

Succulent xerophyte

Hydrophtytes

None of the above

Epihytes

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

All of the above

Necessary for photosynthesis

Controls distribution of hormones & flowering

Controls growth & Movement

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

Three cycles

Six cycles

Twelve cycles

One cycles

#6. In photosynthetic bacteria the photosynthesis takes place in

Chromatophores

Mesosomes

Chromoplast

Chloroplast

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

One

Six

Two

Four

#8. Photosynthetic bacteria do not contain

Quantasome

PS- I or PS-II

PS-II

PS - I

#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

38 ATP e

54 ATP e

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

H₂O

H₂S

S

O₂