BSH 113 Introductory Crop Physiology Quiz Name:

BSc. Hort 1st Year (2021) Admn. No:

1. The oxygen molecule in glucose formed during photosynthesis comes from
(a)H2O (b)CO2 (c)Chlorophyll (d)Organic Acids
2. Quantum yield of photosynthesis is
(a)1/2 (b)1/4 (c)1/8 (d)1/16
3. Which is true about Cyclic Photophosphorylation ?
(a)Requires PSI (b)Requires PSII (c)Both PSI & PSII (d) Yield ATP, NADPH and O2
4. Who showed that plant cant make starch in presence of light?
(a) Priestly (b) Ingenhouze (c) Sachs (d) Calvin
5. To produce 1 glucose molecules ___ATP and ___NADPH2 molecules are required.
(a) 18,12 (b) 12,18 (c) 6,4 (d) 4,6
6. Light reaction occurs in
(a) Matrix (b) Stroma (c) Thylakoid (d) cytoplasm
7. Absorption spectrum of chlorophyll is maximum in _____ light
(a) Blue (b) Green (c) Red (d) Yellow
8. C55H70O6N4Mg is
(a) Chl a (b) Chl b (c) Carotene (d) Lycopene
9. Paraquat inhibit photosynthesis at
(a) PQ (b) PC (c) Fd (d) Cytochrome
10. CO2 is lost in which organelle during photorespiration
(a) Chloroplast. (b) Peroxisome. (c) Mitochondria (d) ER
11. Kranz anatomy is associated with
(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Maize (d) Pineapple
12. First stable product in C4 cycle is
(a) PGA (b) OAA (c) PEP (d) Malate
13. Calvin cycle/carbon reduction to starch in C4 plants occurs in
(a) Mesophyll Cell (b) Bundle Sheath Cell (c) Epidermal Cell (d) Stomata
14. Which is not true about RUBISCO?
(a) Slow Enzyme (b) 8 large & 8 small subunit (c) Coded by nuclear genome
(d) Activated by Rubisco Activase.
15. CAM occurs in
a) Amaranthus (b) Orchid (c) Sugarcane (d) Shorghum
16.Which element is a component of Cholorophyll?
a) Ca (b) Mg (c) Fe (d) Mn
17. Which element is required for Photolysis of Water?
a) Ca (b) Mg (c) Fe (d) Mn
18. In CAM plants CO2 fixation by PEP carboxylase occurs in
a) Morning (b) Night (c) Afternoon (d) Bundle Sheath Cell
19. Which is not the possible impact of elevated CO2 aka Global warming on Plant
(a) Increase in pest and disease infestation(b) Increase in Protein &nutrient content in plants
(c) Increase in abiotic stress to plant (d) Increase in Photorespiration
20. How can we engineer future C3 plants?
(a) Transfer C4 genes into C3 plant (b) Improve RUBISCO carboxylation (c) Improve RUBP
regeneration (d) Introduce Pyrenoids & carboxysome. (e) All the above