Photosynthesis QnA

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

Amon

Calvin

Hill

Blackman

#2. Photosynthetic units are referred as

Quantasome

Phycobilisome

Fiparticles

Oxysome

#3. CAM-plants are mainly

Epihytes

Succulent xerophyte

Hydrophtytes

None of the above

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

Controls growth & Movement

Necessary for photosynthesis

Controls distribution of hormones & flowering

All of the above

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

Six cycles

One cycles

Twelve cycles

Three cycles

#6. In photosynthetic bacteria the photosynthesis takes place in

Chromatophores

Chloroplast

Chromoplast

Mesosomes

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

One

Four

Six

Two

#8. Photosynthetic bacteria do not contain

Quantasome

PS-II

PS- I or PS-II

PS - I

#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?

H₂O

O₂

S

H₂S