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WEEK: 01 BIOLOGY DAY: 02
Chapter: Bioenergetics
1. During photosynthesis, the oxygen evolved comes
from
A) Carbon dioxide B) Water C) Glucose D) ATP
2. Which pigment acts as a reaction center in
photosystem II?
A) Chlorophyll b B) Carotenoids C) P680 D) P700
3. In which part of the chloroplast does the Calvin
cycle take place?
A) Grana B) Stroma C) Thylakoid D) Lumen
4. Which molecule acts as the hydrogen acceptor in
the light reaction?
A) FAD B) NADP⁺ C) ATP D) CO₂
5. In photorespiration, oxygen is taken up and CO₂ is
released. Which organelle is not involved in this
process?
A) Chloroplast B) Mitochondrion C) Golgi body
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D) Peroxisome
6. Which pathway of respiration does not require
oxygen at all?
A) Aerobic respiration
B) Glycolysis
C) Krebs cycle
D) Electron transport chain
7. The final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration is
A) Oxygen B) Water
C) NAD⁺ D) FAD
8. Which coenzyme is reduced during glycolysis and
then oxidized in the electron transport chain?
A) FAD
B) NADP⁺
C) NAD⁺
D) ATP
9. The ATP yield from one molecule of glucose during
aerobic respiration is
A) 18
B) 28
C) 38
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D) 12.
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10. The first stable compound in the Calvin cycle is
A) Glucose B) PGA C) RuBP D) OAA
11. The enzyme responsible for carbon fixation in
plants is
A) Hexokinase
B) RuBisCO
C) ATP synthase
D) PEP carboxylase
12. Which process occurs in both chloroplast and
mitochondrion?
A) ATP hydrolysis
B) Substrate-level phosphorylation
C) Chemiosmosis
D) Photophosphorylation
13. In glycolysis, glucose is converted into
A) Acetyl CoA
B) Pyruvate
C) Ethanol
D) Lactate
14. How many ATP molecules are produced directly
during glycolysis?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 6
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15. The light-independent reactions of photosynthesis
are also called
A) Dark reactions
B) Hill reactions
C) Photorespiration
D) Photolysis
16. Which of the following is not a product of light
reaction?
A) NADPH
B) ATP
C) Oxygen
D) Glucose
17. Cyclic photophosphorylation results in the
formation of
A) ATP only
B) ATP and NADPH
C) ATP and O₂
D) NADPH and O₂
18. Photorespiration is considered a wasteful process
because
A) It uses glucose
B) It produces ATP
C) It releases CO₂ and consumes O₂
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D) It fixes carbon
19. Where does the Krebs cycle take place?
A) Cytoplasm
B) Stroma
C) Inner mitochondrial membrane
D) Mitochondrial matrix
20. Which molecule enters the Krebs cycle?
A) Glucose
B) Pyruvate
C) Acetyl CoA
D) Citrate
21. Anaerobic respiration in muscles leads to the
production of
A) Ethanol
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Lactic acid
D) Acetaldehyde
22. CAM plants fix CO₂ initially at
A) Daytime
B) Night
C) Afternoon
D) Anytime
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23. The protein that synthesizes ATP using proton
gradient is
A) NADP reductase
B) ATPase
C) ATP synthase
D) Rubisco
24. Which part of the chloroplast contains pigments?
A) Outer membrane
B) Inner membrane
C) Thylakoid membrane
D) Stroma
25. In which step of cellular respiration is water
produced?
A) Glycolysis
B) Krebs cycle
C) ETC
D) Fermentation
26. Which of the following light property affects
photosynthesis Kmucat : 2023
A) light quality
B) light intensity
C) light duration
D) None
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27. What is the term process by which plants convert
light energy into chemical energy
Kmucat : 2023 3rd Test
A) photosynthesis
B) transpiration
C) respiration
D) fermentation
28. Which part of a plant primarily carries out
photosynthesis Kmucat : 2023 3rd Test
A) roots
B) stems
C) leaves
D) flowers
29. The first stable product of dark reaction is _____
carbon molecules Kmucat : 2023
A) 6
B) 4
C) 3
D) 5
30. The number of ATP molecule that results in the
phosphorylation of glucose in the preparatory phase
of glycolysis Kmucat : 2021
A) 10 B) 8 C) 4 D) 2
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31. which metabolic pathway is common to both
fermentation and cellular respiration Kmucat : 2021
A) glycolysis
B) kreb's cycle
C) synthesis of acetyle Co _ A
D) electron transport chain
32. Which of the following is a five carbon compound
in kreb's cycle Kmucat : 2023 2nd Test
A) fumaric acid
B) citric acid
C) malic acid
D) alpha ketoglutarate
33. The number of ATPs produced in anaerobic
respiration is Kmucat : 2023 2nd Test
A) 8
B) 4
C) 2
D) 10
34. Which step of respiration takes place in
mitochondria Kmucat : 2023 2nd test
A) link reaction
B) kreb's cycle
C) electron transport chain
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D) all of the above
35. How many molecules of carbon dioxide will be
produced from the breakdown of two molecules of
glucose in aerobic respiration Kmucat : 2025 1st Test
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 12
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