Which reagent can be used to determine the essentiality of CO2 for the process of photosynthesis.
1. KOH
2. K2Cr2O7
3. Starch
4. Iodine tincture

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Identify the incorrectly matched pair w.r.t. the experimental material used by the scientist.
1. Joseph Priestley - Neem Plant
2. Jan Ingenhousz - Aquatic plant
3. TW Engelmann - Cladophora
4. Cornelius van Niel - Purple & green bacteria
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Which of the following scientists discovered oxygen?
1. Joseph Priestley
2. Jan Ingenhousez
3. Cornelius van Niel
4. T.W. Engelmann
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In the experiment conducted by T.W. Engelmann aerobic bacteria were used.
1. To determine the action spectrum
2. To determine the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll.
3. To detect the sites of oxygen (O2) evolution.
4. To detect the oxidizing species in the photosynthetic reactants.
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Which alignment of chloroplasts in mesophyll cell will allow to get optimum quantity of the incident light?
1. Away from the wall
2. Across the wall
3. Along the wall
4. Perpendicular to the wall
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The fluid component of chloroplast associated with
1. Photochemical reactions
2. Light - dependent reactions
3. ATP - synthesizing reactions
4. Biosynthetic reactions
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Which of the following effects will be observed if the plant is exposed only to red light which was earlier given blue light?
1. Increase in rate of photosynthesis
2. Decrease in rate of photosynthesis
3. Firstly, decrease in rate of photosynthesis then increase
4. No photosynthesis takes place


 
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Which of the following is true about chlorophyll b?
1. Serves as major primary pigment in the photosynthetic machinery
2. Forms the reaction center only
3. Prevent reaction center from photo-oxidation
4. Show blue color in chromatogram

 
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Which of the following biomolecules serve as the binding site of pigments in light harvesting (LHC)?
1. Nucleic acids
2. Proteins
3. Carbohydrates
4. Vitamins
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Absorption peak of carotenoids in PS II falls in:
1. Red region
2. Green region
3. Yellow region
4. Blue region
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