Match the Columns.

Column I

(Scientists)

Column II

(Discoveries)

A. Stephen Hales

1. Importance of light and chlorophyll

B. Ingen Housz

2. Presence of chlorophyll in plants.

C. Von Mohl

3. Product of photosynthesis is starch.

D. Sach

4. Air and light control plant growth.

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Photosynthesis is a-

  • . Biochemical process
  • . Physical process
  • . Chemical process
  • . Physico-chemical process

Which of the following statements do not justify the importance of photosynthesis?

  • . it is the primary source of all food on earth.
  • . it is responsible for the release of oxygen into the atmosphere.
  • . it is responsible for the water balance on earth.
  • . use of energy from sunlight by plants doing photosynthesis is the basis of life on earth.

Which of the following is not required in photosynthesis?

  • . chlorophyll
  • . Light
  • . CO2
  • . O2

The half-leaf experiment, where a part of the leaf is enclosed in a test tube containing some KOH soaked cotton was performed, which showed that _________ was required for photosynthesis?

  • . Light
  • . Chlorophyll
  • . CO2
  • . O2

   Column – I                                                    Column - II

i.Jan Ingenhousz                                            a. discovery of O2

ii. Joseph Priestley                                          b. Plants restore to the air whatever breathing

                                                                        animals and burning candles remove.

iii. T.W Englemann                                          c. showed that only the green part of the plants could release oxygen.

iv. Julius von scahs                                         d. discovery of production of glucose in plants

                                                                    e. first action spectrum of photosynthesis.

                                                                    f. Using a prism he split light into its spectral components and then 

                                                                       illuminated Cladophora, placed in a suspension of aerobic bacteria.

Which of the following shows the correct match?

  • . i-c; ii-b; iii-a, e, f; iv-d
  • . i-a, b; ii-c; iii-d; iv- e, f.
  • . i-a; ii- b; iii- c, e; iv-f.
  • . i-c, ii-a, b; iii-e, f; iv-d;

Cornelius van Niel, who, based on his studies demonstrated that photosynthesis is essentially a light-dependent reaction performed his experiments on-

  • . Cladophora
  • . purple and green bacteria
  • . green algae
  • . Non sulphur bacteria

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

  • Oxygen is released from water.
  • Photosynthesis is a single step reaction.
  • Action spectrum of photosynthesis resembles roughly the absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and b.
  • In plants glucose is stored as starch.

Where does photosynthesis takes place?

  • . in green leaves
  • . in green parts of plant
  • . in leaves
  • . in complete plant

How many ATPs are required for regeneration of one molecule of RuBP?

  • . 2
  • . 3
  • . 1
  • . 0

The _____________ in the leaves, have a large number of_________, which align themselves along the walls of the ____________, such that they get the __________quantity of the incident light.

  • . chloroplasts, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, optimum
  • . mesophyll cells, chlorophyll, mesophyll cells, optimum.
  • . mesophyll cells, chloroplasts, mesophyll cells, optimum.
  • . mesophyll cells, chloroplasts, mesophyll cells, minimum.

Identify a,b,c and d labellings in the following diagram.

  • . i - stroma lamella; ii- thylakoid; iii- stroma; iv-genetic material

  • . i- stroma lamella; ii- grana; iii-stroma; iv-starch granule
  • . i- grana; ii- lamella; iii-stroma; iv-starch granule
  • . i- stroma lamella; ii- grana; iii-cytoplasm; iv-starch granule.

Column I Column II
i. grana a. dark reaction
ii. stroma b. light reaction
c. synthesis of ATP and NADPH+H+
d. synthesis of sugar

  • . i-b, c; ii-a, d.

  • . i-a, d; ii-b, c.
  • . i-b, d; ii-a,c.
  • . i-b; ii-a, c, d.

How many statements are correct?
i. Products of dark reaction are substrates of light reaction.
ii. Products of light reaction are substrates of dark reaction.
iii. In the stroma, enzymatic reactions incorporate CO2 into the plant leading to the synthesis of sugar.
iv. Dark reactions are directly light-driven.
v. Chloroplast is a single membranous organelle.

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Products of light reaction does not include-

  • . ATP & NADPH
  • . CO2
  • . O2
  • . Electrons

Absorption spectrum of chlorophyll- ‘a’ is shown by-

  • . i
  • . ii
  • . iii
  • . Not shown.

How many pigments are responsible for the color of a plant leaf?

  • . 1
  • . 2
  • . 3
  • . 4

After performing the chromatographic separation of a plant leaf, experimentor found bright or blue green colour in the chromatogram. Then this pigment should be-

  • . xanthophyll
  • . carotenoid
  • . chlorophyll a
  • . chlorophyll b.

Range of wavelength at which chlorophyll-a shows the maximum absorption:

  • . 400-450 nm
  • . 450-500 nm
  • . 650-700 nm
  • . 500-600 nm.

Which of the following is the chief pigment associated with photosynthesis?

  • . chl-a
  • . chl-b
  • . chl- a and xanthophylls
  • . chl-a and carotenoids

How statements are correct?
i. chlorophyll-a , xanthophylls and carotenoids are called as accessory pigments.
ii. accessory pigments protect chlorophyll-a from photo-oxidation.
iii. chlorophylla are the major pigments responsible for trapping of light
iv. chl-a and chl-b forms the reaction centre
v. chl-a transfers the energy to accessory pigments.

  • . 2
  • . 3
  • . 4
  • . 5

Photochemical phase does not include-

  • . water splitting
  • . oxygen release
  • . CO2 assimilation
  • . light absorption

In photosystem-I, P700 refers to-

  • . chl-b
  • . chl-a
  • . number of pigment molecules
  • . absorption peak of chl-a at 700nm.

Light harvesting complexes are made up of-

  • . proteins
  • . pigments
  • . protein and pigments
  • . proteins and lipids.

In chloroplast the movement of electrons from PS-II to electron transport system is-

  • . uphill in terms of redox potential scale.
  • . downhill in terms of redox potential scale.
  • . from one cytochrome to another
  • . None of the above.

Electrons in the reaction center of PS-I are excited by-

  • . blue light
  • . red light
  • . green light
  • . blue and red light.

Final acceptor in the Z-scheme of light reaction-

  • . oxygen
  • . NADPH
  • . NADP+
  • . ferredoxin

In the Z-scheme of light reaction, at how many positions an electron is excited by the light?

  • . 1
  • . 2
  • . 3
  • . 4

Spliting of water is associated with-

  • . PS II
  • . PS I
  • . PS I AND PS II
  • . outer membrane of thylakoid.

Where are the protons and oxygen produced by the splitting of water likely to be released?

  • . in the lumen of thylakoid
  • . on the outer side of the membrane
  • . Both a and b
  • . used up in the light reaction

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