In photosynthesis, the light-independent reactions take place f

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111.

The oxygen evolved during photosynthesis comes from water molecules. Which one of the following pairs of elements is involved in this reaction?

  • Manganese and Chlorine

  • Manganese and Potassium

  • Magnesium and Molybdenum

  • Magnesium and Molybdenum

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112.

In photosynthesis, the light-independent reactions take place

  • Thylakoid lumen

  • Photosystem I

  • Photosystem II

  • Photosystem II


D.

Photosystem II

The light-independent reactions (or dark reactions) take place in the stromal matrix of the chloroplasts. 
In light independent reactions, carbon dioxide is reduced to glucose (carbohydrate) by the hydrogen in NADPH by using the chemical energy stored in ATP. This reaction takes place in the presence of a substance called RuDP.

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113.

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of 

  • rhodospirlllum

  • Spirogyra

  • Chlamydomonas

  • Chlamydomonas

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114.

A process that makes important difference between C3 and C4 plants is

  • transpiration

  • glycolysis

  • photosynthesis

  • photosynthesis

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115.

The correct sequence of cell organelles during photorespiration is

  • chloroplast - Golgi bodies - mitochondria

  • chloroplast-rough endoplasmic reticulum -dictyosomes

  • chloroplast-mitochondria-peroxisome

  • chloroplast-mitochondria-peroxisome

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116.

Read the following four statements:
I. Both, photophosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation involve uphill transport of protons across the membrane.
II. In dicot stems, a new cambium originates from cells of pericycle at the time of secondary growth.
III. Stamens in flowers of Gloriosa and Petunia are polyandrous.
IV. Symbiotic nitrogen fixers occurs in free-living state also in soil. 

How many of the above statements are right 

  • Two

  • Three

  • Four

  • Four

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117.

CAM helps the plants in

  • secondary growth

  • disease resistance

  • reproduction

  • reproduction

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118.

In Kranz anatomy, the bundle sheath cells have

  • thin walls, many intercellular spaces and no chloroplasts

  • thick walls, no intercellular spaces and a large number of chloroplasts

  • thin walls, no intercellular spaces and several chloroplasts

  • thin walls, no intercellular spaces and several chloroplasts

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119.

Which one of the following is essential for photolysis of  water

  • Manganese

  • Zinc

  • Copper

  • Copper

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120.

PGA as the first CO2 fixation product was discovered in photosynthesis of 

  • bryophyte

  • gymnosperm

  • angiosperm

  • angiosperm

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