Biology

Photosynthesis in Plants

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Photosynthesis is the biological process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy. This page contains practice questions covering essential topics like chlorophyll, light reactions, and the pathways specific to plants. This material is crucial for medical entrance exams and academic assessments.

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Photosynthesis in Plants Questions

Multiple choice photosystems photosynthesis in plants metabolism, cell respiration, and photosynthesis photosynthesis in higher plants biology
During light reaction in photosynthesis, the following are formed. 
  1. ATP and sugar

  2. hydrogen,$ O _{2}$ and sugar
  3. ATP, hydrogen and $O _{2}$
  4. ATP, hydrogen and $O _{2}$ donor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Light reactions occur inside thylakoids. It is dependent upon light. It involves photolysis of water (breaking of water into $H _{2}$ and $O _{2}$  and production of assimilation power (NADPH and ATP). Electron released during photolysis of water are  picked up by $P _{680}$ photocentre of photosystem II. From here electrons passes over series of carrier which include PQ, cytochrome b-f complex, and PC. While passing over cytochrome complex, the electron losses sufficient energy for creation of proton gradient and ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. From PC electron losses sufficient energy for creation of proton gradient and ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. From PC electron is picked by the trap center $P _{700} $of phtotsystem I, which pushes out electron after absorbing light energy. Electron passes over carriers Fes, ferredoxin and NADP reductase which gives electron to $NADP^+$ for combing with $H^+$ to produce NADPH.
$NADP^+ 2e^- + H^{+} \xrightarrow[NADP \,\, reductase]{} NADPH $ , So, the correct answer is 'ATP, hydrogen and O2'.

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What of the following process happens in PS II?

  1. ${ CO } _{ 2 }$ fixation
  2. ${ CO } _{ 2 }$ reduction
  3. Photolysis of H$ _2$O
  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Photosystem II is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis and splitting of water is associated with it. Water is split into H+, [O] and electrons, creating O$ _{2}$ which is one of the net products of photosynthesis. The electrons needed to replace those removed from PS I are provided by PS II.

So, the correct option is 'Photolysis of H$ _{2}$O'.

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What do you mean by reaction centre

  1. It is located at center of photosynthetic apparatus

  2. Electron is 1st accepted by reaction centre

  3. Electron is excited from reaction centre

  4. Light is received first by reaction centre

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A photosynthetic reaction centre is a protein that is the site of the light reactions of photosynthesis. The reaction centre contains pigments such as chlorophyll and phaeophytin. These absorb light, promoting an electron to a higher energy level within the pigment which are located at centre of photosynthetic apparatus. so, 'the correct option is - It is located at centre of photosynthetic apparatus'.

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Wavelength of visible light, which is required for photosynthesis is

  1. 200 -400 nm.

  2. 390 -780 nm.

  3. 700 -900 nm.

  4. 100 -200 nm.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • A very small part of the electromagnetic spectrum can be seen by the human eye i.e., between the wavelengths 390 and 780 nm.
  • This part of the electromagnetic spectrum is called a visible light spectrum.
  • Within the spectrum the longer the wavelength of the radiation, the slower the vibration of the photons and the less energy each photon contains. 
    Hence, correct option is B.
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Electrons from excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem- II are accepted first by

  1. Quinone.

  2. Ferredoxin.

  3. Cytochrome - b.

  4. Cytochrome - f.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Photosystem- II is involved in non-cyclic photophosphorylation with a reaction center P${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _0}$. The electrons excited from P${ _6}$${ _8}$${ _0}$ are accepted by plastoquinoine. 

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Photosystem II occurs in

  1. Stroma

  2. Cytochrome

  3. Grana thylakoids

  4. Mitochondrial surface

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Photosystem II is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is located in the grana of the thylakoid membrane of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.

So, the correct option is C.

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Which "photosynthetic bacteria" possess both PS I and PS II

  1. Purple sulphur bacteria.

  2. Cyanobacteria.

  3. Purple nonsulphur bacteria.

  4. Green sulphur bacteria.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Photosynthetic bacteria posses only one type of photosystem and are mostly anaerobic and contains two type of pigment bacteriochlorophylls and bacterioviridin while cyanobacteria or blue-green algae posses two photosystems  PS I and PS II.

So the correct option is 'Cyanobacteria'.

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PS I has

  1. More chlorophylls and more accessory pigments

  2. More chlorophylls and less accessory pigments

  3. Less chlorophylls and more accessory pigments

  4. Less chlorophylls and less accessory photosynthetic pigments

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Photosystem I is one of the two membrane-bound photosystems of plants, algae and cyanobacteria that facilitate light-determined electron transport from water to NADPH. It utilizes absorbed light for electron transport from plastocyanin on the lumenal side to ferredoxin on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane. In plants, this special integral membrane complex consists of more than 15 protein subunits, approximately 175 chlorophyll molecules, 2 phylloquinones and 3 Fe$ _4$S$ _4$ clusters. Whereas Photosystem II (of cyanobacteria and green plants) is as many as 35 chlorophyll a, 12 beta-carotene, two pheophytins, two plastoquinone, two heme, one bicarbonate, 20 lipid molecules and other ionic clusters. Thus Photosystem I contains more chlorophylls and accessory pigments.

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DCMU inhibits

  1. PS II

  2. PS I

  3. Destroys chloroplast

  4. Inhibits oxidative phosphorylation

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

DCMU or Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea inhibits PS II in photosynthetic plants by blocking electron transfer from plastoquinone to cytochrome. DCMU binds to and blocks the site of plastoquinone, thus hinders the path and growth of plants. It is used as herbicide and algicide. It is also used in studying photosynthetic activity.

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Photosynthesis II is concerned with

  1. Photolysis of water

  2. Flowering

  3. Reduction of CO$ _2$
  4. Release of energy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Being a light reaction, non-cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in the thylakoid membrane. First, a water molecule is broken down into 2H+ + 1/2 O2 + 2e by a process called photolysis (or light-splitting). The two electrons from the water molecule are kept in photosystem II, while the 2H+and 1/2O2 are left out for further use. Then a photon is absorbed by chlorophyll pigments surrounding the reaction core center of the photosystem. The light excites the electrons of each pigment, causing a chain reaction that eventually transfers energy to the core of photosystem II, exciting the two electrons that are transferred to the primary electron acceptor, pheophytin. The deficit of electrons is replenished by taking electrons from another molecule of water. 


So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

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A photosystem Contains

  1. pigments, a reaction centre, and an electron acceptor

  2. ADP1 P1 and hydrogen ions $(H^+)$
  3. protons, photons and pigments

  4. both (b) and (C)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Photosystems refer to PSI and PSII. Photosystem II contains chlorophyll a, as well as up to 50% chlorophyll b. It probably evolved later as a supplement to Photo I. It is needed to capture enough energy to do the biosynthetic reactions of the dark reaction. Its reaction centre is a molecule called P680 which absorbs light maximally at 680 nm. Similarly, PSI or P700 absorbs light at 700nm. A reaction centre comprises several (>10 or >11) protein subunits, that provide a scaffold for a series of cofactors. The cofactors can be pigments (like chlorophyllpheophytin, carotenoids), quinones, or iron-sulfur clusters and electron acceptors for transduction in the electron transport chain. 

So, the correct option is, 'pigments, a reaction centre, and an electron acceptor'.

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The active component of photosystem-I composed of

  1. chlorophyll-a with absorption peak at 680 nm

  2. chlorophyll-a with absorption peak at 700 nm

  3. chlorophyll-b with absorption peak at 680 nm

  4. chlorophyll-a chlorophyll-b with absorption peak at 700 nm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The reaction center of photosystem-I is composed of two chlorophyll molecules and is therefore referred to as a dimer. The dimer is composed of one chlorophyll a molecule and one chlorophyll a' molecule with absorption peak at 700 nm.
Thus, the correct answer is 'chlorophyll a with absorption peak at 700 nm.'
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Function of leghaemoglobin (a red pigment) in root nodules of leguminous plants is

  1. to regulate $O _2$ supply in cells
  2. to regulate $CO _2$ supply in cells
  3. to regulate production of phenolic compounds

  4. to regulate the Mo supply in cells.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Leghemoglobin supports the centralization of free oxygen in the cytoplasm of contaminated plant cells to guarantee the best possible capacity of root knobs. Its capacity is to help give oxygen to the breathing harmonious bacterial cells in root nodules of leguminous plants in a way practically equivalent to hemoglobin transporting oxygen to breathing tissues in creatures.

Thus, the correct answer is 'to regulate O$ _2$ supply in cells.'

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Leghaemoglobin is formed for

  1. Respiration

  2. Photosynthesis

  3. Nitrogen fixation

  4. Fatty acid synthesis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The root nodules of the leguminous plants contain an oxygen-binding heme protein called leghemoglobin. Leghemoglobin is present in the cytoplasm of infected nodule cells at high concentrations 
This leghemoglobin has a high affinity for oxygen, (approximately, ten times higher than the ß chain of human hemoglobin). The function of leghemoglobin is to help transport oxygen to the respiring symbiotic bacterial cells in a manner analogous to hemoglobin transporting oxygen to respiring tissues in animals which helps in the fixation of nitrogen.
Thus, the correct answer is option (C). 
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The pigments essential for $N _2$ fixation by leguminous plants is leghaemogiobin

  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Leghaemoglobin is an oxygen carrier and hemoprotein found in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants. 
  • Leghaemoglobin reduce the amount of free oxygen, and thereby to protect the nitrogen-fixing enzyme nitrogenase, which is irreversibly inactivated by oxygen.
  • Hence The pigments essential for $N _2$ fixation by leguminous plants is leghaemoglobin is a true statement.
  • So, the correct answer is 'True'.