In the leaves of C₄ -plants malic acid synthesis during CO₂ fixation occurs in 

(1) epidermal cells

(2) mesophyll cells

(3) bundle sheath

(4) guard cells

Carbohydrates are commonly found as starch in plant storage organs. Which of the

following five properties of starch (A-E) make it useful as a storage material?

(A) Easily translocated 

(B) Chemically non-reactive

(C) Easily digested by animals

(D) Osmotically inactive

(E) Synthesized during photosynthesis

The useful properties are 

1. (B) and (C)

2. (B) and (D)

3. (A), (C) and (E)

4. (A) and (E)

The wavelength of light abosorbed by P_r form of phytochrome is :

(1) 640 nm

(2) 680 nm

(3) 720 nm

(4) 620 nm

In photosystem-I, the first electron acceptor is :

(1) ferredoxin

(2) cytochrome

(3) plastocyanin

(4) an iron-sulphur protein

During photorespiration, the oxygen consuming reaction(s) occur in :

(1) stroma of chloroplasts and mitochondria

(2) stroma of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

(3) grana of chloroplasts and peroxisomes

(4) stroma of chloroplasts

Electrons from excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem-II are accepted first by

1. cytochrome-b

2. cytochrome-f

3. quinone

4. ferredoxin

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

(1) bryophyte

(2) gymnosperm

(3) angiosperm

(4) algae

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of 

(1) Rhodospirillum

(2) Spirogyra

(3) Chlamydomonas 

(4) Ulva

The structures that are formed by stacking of organised flattened membranous sacs in the chloroplasts are 

1. cristae

2. grana

3. stroma lamellae

4. stroma

In photosynthesis, the light-independent reactions take place at 

1. thylakoid lumen 

2. photosystem l

3. photosystem ll

4. stromal matrix