1. | C4 plants perform photosynthesis only at night. |
2. | C3 plants have a higher water-use efficiency than C4 plants. |
3. | C4 plants utilize PEP carboxylase to capture CO₂, resulting in lack of photorespiration. |
4. | C3 plants have a mechanism to concentrate CO₂ in bundle sheath cells, unlike C4 plants. |
Assertion (A): | The term "dark reaction" is considered a misnomer for the Calvin cycle. |
Reason (R): | These reactions do not require darkness to occur, but rather they do not directly require light. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
I: | Primary CO2 acceptor in C3 plants is RuBP and PEP in C4 plants |
II: | Calvin cycle takes place in mesophyll cells in C3 plants and in bundle sheath cells in C4 plants. |
1. | Oxygen and glucose |
2. | ATP and NADPH |
3. | Glucose, ADP, and NADP+ |
4. | G3P (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate), ADP, and NADP+ |
Assertion (A): | The rate of photosynthesis increases with light intensity up to a certain point. |
Reason (R): | Chlorophyll can only absorb a limited amount of light energy at a time. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
1. | Reaction center chlorophyll molecules are less abundant than other pigments. |
2. | Only reaction center chlorophyll molecules can transfer the excited electron to an electron acceptor. |
3. | Other pigment molecules do not participate in the light reactions of photosynthesis. |
4. | Reaction center chlorophyll molecules are located in the stroma, while other pigments are in the thylakoid membrane. |