Multiple Choice Questions in Botany with Key

ICAR AIEEA EXAMS By S.KANNAN

1. The first step in photosynthesis is-
1) Joining of three carbon atoms to form glucose
2) Formation of ATP
3) Ionization of water
4) Excitement of an electron of chlorophyll by a photon of light
2. Our present day view regarding photosynthesis is that-
1) Converts light energy into chemical energy
2) Creates useful energy
3) Fixes CO2 into carbohydrates
4) Reverses the action of respiration
3. During photosynthesis the oxygen in glucose comes from
1) Water 2) Carbon dioxide
3) O2 in air 4) Both from water and CO2
4. Photosynthesis is most active in-
1) Sun light 2) Yellow light 3) Red light 4) Green light
5. Which one of the following pigment does not occur in the
chloroplast?
1) Carotene 2) Xanthophyll 3) Chlorophyll ‘b’ 4) Anthocyanin
6. If the CO2 content of the atmosphere is as high as 300 parts per
million.
1) All plants would be killed
2) The plants would not grow properly
3) Plants would grow for some time and then die
4) The plants would thrive well
7. The universal hydrogen acceptor is
1) NADP 2) ATP 3) CO-A 4) FMN
8. Photo phosphorylation is the process in which
1) CO2 and O2 unite
2) Phosphoglyceric acid is produced
3) Aspartic acid is formed
4) Light energy is converted into chemical energy by production of ATP
9. Algae and other submerged plants in water float during day time and
sink at night, because
1) They come upto enjoy some time
2) They lose weight at night
3) They become byont due to accumulation of O2 as a result of
photosynthesis
4) They become light due to food material accumulation
10. Which pigment is water soluble?
1) Chlorophyll 2) Carotene 3) Anthocyanin 4) Xanthophyll
11. Which occurs during the light reaction of photosynthesis?
1) Chlorophyll is produced 2) Water splits to form H2 and O2
3) CO2 is given off as a waste 4) Sugar is formed from CO2 and water
12. Chloroplasts fix-
1) Carbon dioxide 2) Oxygen 3) Nitrogen 4) Hydrogen
13. During the dark reactions of photosynthesis
1) Water splits
2) CO2 is reduced to organic compounds
3) Chlorophyll is activated
4) C6 – Suagar is broken into three carbon sugars
14. The isotope of carbon used extensively for studies in photosynthesis
1) C13 2) C14 3) C15 4) C16
15. What will be left if chlorophyll is burnt?
1) Magnesium 2) Manganese 3) Iron 4) Sulphur
16. In photosynthesis hydrogen is transferred from the light reactions to
dark reactions by-
1) DPN 2) DNA 3) ATP 4) NADP
17. Solar energy is converted into ATP in-
1) Mitochondria 2) Chloroplast 3) Ribosomes 4) Peroxisomes
18. The enzyme that fixes atmspheric CO2 in C4 plants is-
1) PEP carboxylase 2) Hexokinase
3) RuBP oxygenase 4) Hydrogenase
19 The path of CO in the dark reactions of photosynthesis was
successfully traced by the use of the following-
1) O2 18 2) C14 O2 3) P32 4) X-rays
20. Which one of the following have high CO2compensation point?
1) C2 plants 2) C3 plants 3) C4 plants 4) Alpine herbs
21. During photosynthesis when PGA is changed into
phosphoglyceraldehyde which of the following reaction occur
1) Oxidation 2) Reduction 3) Electrolysis 4) Hydrolysis
22. Which one of the following is a C4 plant?
1) Papaya 2) Potato 3) Maize 4) Pea
23. Carbon refixation in C4 plants occurs in chloroplasts of-
1) Palisade tissue 2) Spongy Mesophyll
3) Bundle sheath cells 4) Gaurd cells
24. Tropical plants like sugar cane show high efficiency of CO2 fixation
because of-
1) Calvin cycle 2) Hatch-Slack cycle
3) Cyclic photo phosphorylation 4) TCA Cycle
25. During photochemical reaction of photosynthesis
1) Liberation of O2 takes places
2) Formation of ATP and NANPH2 takes place
3) Liberation of O2, formation of ATP and NADPH2 takes place
4) Assimilation of CO2 takes place
26. The wave of light not utilized during photosynthesis is-
1) Violet 2) Green 3) Red 4) Blue
27. In blue-green alga photosynthesis takes place in-
1) Chloroplasts 2) Lamellae 3) Heterocysts 4) Carotene
28. Usually the process of photosynthesis is-
1) Slower than respiration 2) Faster than respiration
3) Equal to respiration 4) Any of the above is possible
29. Photosynthesis is maximum during-
1) Continous weak light 2) Continuous strong light
3) Intermittent light 4) None of the above
30 Th hi f d t f hill ti
1) ATP and NADPH2 in chloroplast
2) ATP and NADPH2 in mitochondria
3) Only Oxygen
4) A reduced substance ATP and O2 in chloroplast
31. Process of photo phosphorylation was first given by-
1) Hill 2) Will statter & Stoll
3) Arnon 4) Park & Biggins
32. Name the scientist who first pointed out that plants purify foul air-
1) Willsatter 2) Robert Hooke 3) Priestley 4) Lean Senebier
33. Of the total amount of water absorbed by the plant, its actual
percentage used during photosynthesis is-
1) 50% 2) 90% 3) hardly 1% 4) 25%
34. Accumulation of food in assimilatory cells results in-
1) Increase in the rate of photosynthesis
2) Decrease in the rate of photosynthesis
3) No effect
4) May increase or decrease
35. Moll’s leaf experiement explains that
1) Carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis
2) Chlorophyll and water are necessary for photosynthesis
3) Light and water are esential for photosynthesis
4) All are correct
36. The chemical composition of pigments chlorophylls and carotenoids
for the first time was given by-
1) Willistatter and stoll 2) Mayer and Anderson
3) Robert mayer 4) Senebier
37. Which colour of light gives maximum absorption peak by
chlorophyll ‘a’?
1) Blue light 2) Green light 3) Violet light 4) Red light
38. The volume of CO2 absorbed and O2 liberated during
photosynthesis is equal was demonstrated by
39. That oxygen during photosynthesis comes from water was proved
by-
1) Ruben and kamen 2) Hill 3) Warburg 4) Black man
40. The principle of limiting factor was given by-
1) Hill 2) F.F. Black man
3) Will statter and stoll 4) Calvin
41. The rate of photosynthesis decreases if the wavelength of visible
light exceeds 680m. This was shown by which scientist & what is its
reason
1) Black man – Law of limiting factors
2) Calvin & Benson – Photooxidation
3) Emerson & Levis – Red drop
4) Ruben & Ramen – Photolysis
42. During ionisation of H2O, H+ is captured by-
1) Chlorophyll 2) NADP 3) O2 4) Cytochrome
43. At the time of ionization of H2O, which captures the electron-
1) Chlorophyll 2) NADP 3) OH- 4) Cytochrome
44. In cyclic photo phosphorylation which one of the following is
formed?
1) NADP & ATP 2) ATP
3) NADH2 and O2 4) NADPH2, ATP and O2
45. The most effective wavelength of visible light in photosynthesis in
the region of which of the following:
1) Green 2) Yellow 3) Red 4) Violet
46. Which of the following photosynthesis bacteria have both PS I & PS
II?
1) Purple sulphur bacteria 2) Cyanobacteria
3) Purple non sulphur bacteria 4) Green sulphur bacteria
47. The site of oxyten evolution and photosynthetic phosphorylation in
chloroplast are..
1) Grana stacks 2) Matrix
3) Surface of chloroplast 4) inner wall of chloroplast
48. Fixation of 1 CO2 requires
1) 6 NADPH2 & 3ATP 2) 2 NADPH2 & 3ATP
3) 4 NADPH2 4) 5 NADPH2 & 3 ATP
49. Photosynthesis is mainly responsible for the existence of-
1) Animals of this earth 2) Plants on this earth
3) Both plants and animals 4) None of the above
50. The main difference between chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’ is-
1) Chlorophyll ‘a’ is a linear chain compound and ‘b’ is branched chain
2) Chlorophyll ‘a’ has no Mg+ ion in center of molecule
3) In chlorophyll ‘a’ there is CH3 group whereas in ‘b’ it is CHO
group
4) All of the above
51. For chlorophyll formation in plants elements needed are
1) Sodium and copper 2) Calcium and potassium
3) Iron and magnesium 4) Iron and calcium
52. Etiolated plants are formed due to lack of-
1) Light 2) Hg 3) Fe 4) Mg
53. Chloroplast contains maximum quantity of-
1) pyruvic carboxylase 2) Hexokinase
3) RuBP carboxylase 4) None of the above
54. Chlorophyll ‘a’ is found in-
1) All O2 releasing photosynthetic forms
2) All plants except fungi
3) Higher plants that photosynthesize
4) All photosynthetic prokaryotes and eukaryotes
55. Photo oxidation of water in photosynthesis is in association of-
1) Cytochrome B6 2) Pigment system – I
3) Pigment system – II 4) Plastocyanin
56. In pigment system – I active chlorophyll is-
1) P-600 2) P-680 3) P-700 4) P-720
57. During ATP synthesis electron pass through-
1) Water 2) Cytochromes 3) O2 4) CO2
58. Which of the following is C-4 plants?
1)Sugarcane 2)Cowpea
3)Paddy 4)Agave
59. “Kranz Anatomy” is found in-
1) Flower 2) Seed 3) Leaves 4) Stem
60. How many quanta are required to reduce one molecule of CO2 and
produce one molecule of O2 in green plant photosynthesis?
1) 1 2) 8 3) 16 4) 32
61. The function of ATP in the photosynthesis is the tranfer of energy
from-
1) Dark reaction to light reaction 2) Light reaction to dark reaction
3) Chloroplast to mitochondria 4) Mitochondria to chloroplast
62. Respiration and photosynthesis both require-
1) Green cells 2) Sunlights 3) Cytochromes 4) Organic fuel
63. Photosynthesis is an oxidation reduction process, the materials that is
oxidised is-
1) CO2 2) NADP 3) H2O 4) PGA
64. In case of C-4 pathway, in the first step is-
1) CO2 combines with RUDP 2) CO2 combines with PGA
3) CO2 combines with PEP 4) CO2 combines with RMP
65. Substrate for photorespiration is-
1) Serine 2) Glycolate 3) Indole acetic acid 4) Malic acid
66. Chlorophyll ‘e’ is generally present in-
1) Thallophytes 2) Rhodophytes
3) Mycophytes 4) Xanthophytes
67. The family in which many plants are C4 type-
1) Malvaceae 2) Solanaceae 3) Crucifereae 4) Gramine
68. In pigment system-II the entraping center of solar energy is-
1) P-700 2) P-680 3) Carotene 4) Xanthophyll
69. Which of the following is likely to be the first substance that a green
plant makes in photosynthesis?
1) A simple sugar 2) Starch 3) Fats 4) Proteins
70. The by product of photosynthesis is-
1) CO2 2) Oxygen 3) Energy 4) Sugar
71. Photorespiration is favoured by-
1) Low light intensity 2) Low O and High CO
3) Low temperature 4) High O2 and Low CO2
72. Tropical plants like sugarcane show high efficiency of CO2 fixation
because of-
1) Calvin cycle 2) Hatch & Slack cycle
3) EMP pathway 4) TCA cycle
73. The electron ejected by P680 in light reaction is initially accepted
by-
1) Plastoquinone 2) ATP 3) Ferredoxin 4) P-700
74. What is photosynthesis quotient?
1) O2/CO2 2) CO2/O2 3) O2/starch 4) Water/ starch
75. What is the common value of PQ (Photosynthetic quotient) of a leaf?
1) > 1 2) < 1
3) One 4) Zero
76. What is the by product of bacterial photosynthesis?
1) O2 2) H2O
3) S 4) H2S
77. Photosynthesis bacteria do not contain-
1) PS I 2) PS II 3) PS I or PS II 4) Quantasome
78. In Cyanobacteria & Photosynthetic bacteria the photosynthesis takes
place in-
1) Chloroplast 2) Chromoplast 3) Chromatophores 4) Mesosomes
79. CO2 is accepted by RuBP in C4 plants in-
1) Mesophyll cells 2) Bundle sheath cells
3) Stomatal gaurd cells 4) Epidermal cells
80. How many types of photosynthetic cells occur in C4 plant?
1) One type 2) Two types 3) Four types 4) eight types
81. Bundle sheath chloroplast of C4 plant are-
1) Large & agranal 2) Large & granal
3) Small & agranal 4) Small & granal
82. In C4 pathway the CO2 reduction occurs in-
1) Palisade tissue 2) Spongymesophyll
3) Bundle sheath 4) Gaurd cell
83. Synthesis of fructose in C4 pathway occurs in the chloroplast of-
1) Spongy mesophyll 2) Bundle sheath cells
84. What is C2 - Cycle?
1) Glycolate cycle 2) Calvin cycle 3) Kreb's cycle 4) TCA-Cycle
85. Rate of photosynthesis is more in the intermittent light due to the
regeneration of
1) NADP 2) ATP 3) NADP & ATP 4) RuBP
86. Plants which exhibit photo respiration are
1) C4 plants 2) C3 plants 3) CAM plants 4) Alpine plants
87. Which of the following plants are low CO2 compensation plants
→Thrive well even at low CO2 conc.
1) C3 − plants 2) C4-plants 3) C2-plants 4) Alpine plants
88. At the compensation point there will not be
1) Any photo synthesis
2) Any gaseous exchange between the plant and its environment
3) Any respiration in plants
4) Loss in weight of the plant in dark
89. Which of the following carries out non-oxygenic photo synthesis
1) Cyanobacteria 2) Crab grass 3) Bacteria 4) Wheat plant
90. In addition to the 12 molecules of NADP.H2 the energy required for
the synthesis of one mole of hexose C3 and C4 pathway is
1) 18 molecules of ATP
2) 30 molecules of ATP
3) 18 & 30 molecules of ATP respectively
4) 30 & 18 molecules of ATP respectively
91. Pigment system-I is concerned with
1) Photolysis
2) Cyclic photophoshorylation
3) Non-Cyclic photosphorylation
4) Oxidation phosphorylation
92. What is the unique process which has supported life on this planet
1) N2 fixation 2) Photolysis 3) Protein synthesis 4) Respiration
93. During photo synthesis
1) Water is reduced & CO2 is oxidized
2) CO2 is reduced & water is oxidized
3) Both CO2 & water get reduced
4) Both CO2 & water get oxidized
94. Which element helps in the transport of electrons from water in
photosynthesis
1)Ca 2)K 2)Mn 4)Mg
95. Cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in stroma thylakoids because
1) Lumen do not consists water
2) They have PS I only
3) NADP reductase and PS II are absent in them
4) 2 & 3
96. Calvin cycle occurs in
1) Mesophyll cells of C3 plants and bundle sheath cells of C4 plants
2) Mesophyll cells of C4 plants only
3) Bundle sheath cells of C3 plants and mesophyll cells of C plants
4) Bundle sheath cells of C4 plants only
97. The accessory pigments are
1) Chl b
2) Carotenoids
3) 1 & 2
4) Chl a, Chl b
98. The following inferred O2 evolved by the green plants comes from
water and not from CO2
1) Hill
2) Calvin
3) Emerson
4) Neil
99. The colour of the leaf is due to
1) Chl a
2) Chl a & Chl b
3) Chl a, Chl b, Carotenoids
4) Chl a, carotenoids
100. In half leaf experiment CO2 is absorbed by
1) Mouse
2) KOH
3) Plant
4) Cotton
 ANSWER KEY:

1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-4; 6-4; 7-1; 8-4; 9-3; 10-3; 11-
2; 12-1; 13-2; 14-2; 15-1; 16- 4; 17-2; 18-1; 19-2;
20-2; 21-2; 22-3; 23-3; 24-2; 25-3; 26-2; 27-2; 28-
2; 29-3; 30-4; 31-3; 32-3; 33-3; 34-2; 35-1; 36-1;
37-1; 38-2; 39-1; 40-2; 41-3; 42-2; 43- 1; 44-2; 45-
3; 46-2; 47-1; 48-2; 49-3; 50-3; 51-3; 52-1; 53-3;
54-1; 55-3; 56-3; 57-2; 58-4; 59-3; 60-2; 61-2; 62-
3; 63-3; 64-3; 65-2; 66-4; 67-4; 68-2; 69-1; 70-
2; 71-4; 72-2; 73-1; 74-1; 75-3; 76-3; 77-2; 78-3;
79-2; 80-2; 81-1; 82-3; 83-2; 84-1; 85-3; 86-2; 87-
2; 88-2; 89-3; 90-3; 91-2; 92-2; 93-2; 94-4; 95-4;
96-1; 97- 3; 98-4; 99-3; 100-2.