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Biology Exam Questions on Plant Hormones and Metabolism

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Biology Exam Questions on Plant Hormones and Metabolism

The document contains a series of biology questions and answers, focusing on plant hormones, metabolic processes, and photosynthesis. It includes multiple-choice questions related to topics such as glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and enzyme activity. Additionally, it provides answer keys and references to NCERT textbooks for further study.
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05-10-2025

1016OMD303054250016 MD

BIOLOGY

1) Which plant hormone promotes closing of stomata?

(1) Auxins
(2) Cytokinin
(3) Gibberellin
(4) ABA

2) Pyruvate, which is formed by the glycolytic catabolism of carbohydrates in the cytosol, enters
mitochondrial matrix and undergoes :-

(1) Reductive amination


(2) Oxidative decarboxylation
(3) Reductive carboxylation
(4) Reductive decarboxylation

3) In the given representation of Krebs cycle, Identify A, B, C and D :-

A B C D

(1) OAA Acetyl CoA CO2 α-ketoglutaric acid

(2) OAA Acetyl CoA CoA α-ketoglutaric acid

(3) Acetyl CoA OAA CoA CO2

(4) Acetyl CoA α-ketoglutaric acid CO2 CoA


(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4

4) Which of the following graph correctly represents the variation in value of RQ when initially
respiratory substrate was carbohydrate, then fats and after that proteins ?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

5) Which plant hormone promotes the growth of lateral buds ?

(1) Auxin
(2) Cytokinin
(3) Gibberellin
(4) Abscisic acid

6) In electron transport system of mitochondria, cyt-c :-

(1) is part of complex-I


(2) is part of complex-II
(3) is part of complex-III
(4) is a mobile carrier of electrons

7) Which of the following growth regulators is used to increase the length of grapes stalk ?

(1) Gibberellin
(2) Cytokinin
(3) Auxin
(4) Ethylene
8) During TCA cycle, ATP is produced through :-

(1) Cyclic photophosphorylation


(2) Substrate level phosphorylation
(3) Oxidative phosphorylation
(4) Noncyclic photophosphorylation

9) Heterophylly is seen in :

(1) Ranunculus (Butter cup)


(2) Coriander
(3) Larkspur
(4) All the above

10) Most favoured respiratory substrate is :-

(1) Fructose
(2) Glucose
(3) Sucrose
(4) Lactose

11) The key product of glycolysis is :-

(1) PEP
(2) Acetyl CoA
(3) Pyruvic acid
(4) Glucose

12) If O2 is not present, yeast cells break down glucose to :-

(1) CO2 + H2O


(2) CO2 + lactic acid
(3) CO2 + pyruvic acid
(4) Ethanol and CO2

13) The form of growth where in new cells are always being added to the plant body by the activity
of meristem is called :-

(1) Open form of growth


(2) Close form of growth
(3) Diffused form of growth
(4) Discontinuous form of growth

14) Which one includes growth promoters only ?

(1) Auxin, Cytokinin and ABA


(2) GA, Cytokinin and ABA
(3) C2H4 and ABA
(4) Auxin, Cytokinin and GA

15) The removal of shoot tips (decapitation) means loss of apical dominance and it is widely applied
in :-

(1) Tea plantation


(2) Hedge making
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) Bolting

16) The fruits can be left on the tree longer so as to extend the market period. This is due to which
function of GA ?

(1) Bolting
(2) Delay senescence
(3) Internodal elongation
(4) Parthenocarpy

17) Two cytokinins are kinetin and zeatin. What is the difference between the two?

(1) Kinetin is the active form of zeatin


(2) Zeatin is the active form of kinetin
(3) Zeatin is a synthetic cytokinin and kinetin is naturally occurring
(4) Zeatin is a naturally occurring cytokinin but kinetin is not

18) Which of the following is the energy yielding step of glycolysis ?

(1) Glucose → Glucose-6-phosphate


(2) BPGA → PGA
(3) Fructose 1, 6 bisphosphate → PGAL
(4) Phosphoglycerate → phosphoenol pyruvate

19) Find out the correct match from the following table:

Column-I Column-II Column-III

2,4-dichlorophenoxy
(i) Auxin Weed free lawns
acetic acid

Female flowers
(ii) Ethylene Ethephon
in cucumber

Promote Apical
(iii) Cytokinin Kinetin
dominance
Options :-
(1) (i) only
(2) (i) and (ii)
(3) (iii) only
(4) (ii) and (iii)

20) Represented below is the type of a growth in plants. Which one of the following options is

correct for this type of growth ?

(1) This type of growth shows the sigmoid growth curve


(2) This type of growth occurs only during the formation of embryo in plants
(3) Example of this type of growth is root elongation at a constant rate
(4) This type of growth shows linear growth curve with lag phase, log phase and stationary phase

21) The common feature between non-cyclic and cyclic photophosphorylation is :

(1) Release of O2
(2) Formation of NADH
(3) Photolysis of H2O
(4) Formation of ATP

22) Assertion :- Two redox-equivalents are removed from PGAL during glycolysis.
Reason :- Two molecules of pyruvic acids are formed at the end of glycolysis.

(1) Both Assertion & Reason are True & the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(2) Both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(3) Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
(4) Both Assertion & Reason are False.

23) The complete oxidation of one molecule of pyruvate by the stepwise removal of all the hydrogen
atoms:
(1) leaving six molecules of CO2
(2) leaving two molecules of CO2
(3) leaving four molecules of CO2
(4) leaving three molecules of CO2

24) ................retain the enzymatic machinery to partially oxidise glucose without help of oxygen.
Choose the correct term for the above blank from the following options :-

(1) Only facultative anaerobic organisms


(2) All living organisms
(3) Only aerobic organisms
(4) Only all anaerobic organisms

25) Which of the following mitochondrial ETS complex is directly involved in reduction of oxygen ?

(1) Complex-I
(2) Complex-II
(3) Complex-III
(4) Complex-IV

26) Number of carbons in the first CO2 acceptor and first stable product in C4 and C3 cycle
respectively are:-

(1) 3-C, 4C , 5C, 3C


(2) 5-C, 3-C , 2-C, 4-C
(3) 4-C, 3-C , 3-C, 4-C
(4) 2-C, 3-C , 4-C, 3-C

27) ______ is tightly bound to the apoenzyme.

(1) Apoenzyme
(2) Coenzyme
(3) Prosthetic group
(4) Cofactor

28) In the given diagram of chloroplast identify the functions of the parts marked as A, B, C & D :-

A B C D

Dark Sugar
(1) Light reaction Only ATP synthesis
reaction storage
Sugar Sugar
(2) Dark reaction Only ATP synthesis
synthesis storage

Cyclic RuBisCO Protein


(3) Sugar synthesis
photophosporylation synthesis synthesis

Cyclic
Non cyclic Dark Protein
(4) photophosphorylation
photophosphorylation reaction synthesis
only
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4

29) In the given figure representing Calvin cyclic identify A, B & C ?

A B C

(1) RuBisCO 3-PGA PGAL

(2) RUBP 3-PGA Triose-Phosphate

(3) RUBP PGAL Triose-Phosphate

(4) RuBisCO PGAL Triose-Phosphate


(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4

30) During non-cyclic photophosphorylation electrons are continuously lost from the reaction centre
of PSII. Which molecule finally accept these electrons ?

(1) NAD+
(2) NADP+
(3) H2O
(4) O2

31) The site of z-scheme is :


(1) Stroma of chloroplast
(2) Inner mitochondrial membrane
(3) Grana thylakoids only
(4) Stroma thylakoids only

32) Which one is the correct summary equation of photosynthesis :

(1) C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6 H2O + energy


(2) C6H12O6 + 6H2O + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 12H2O + energy
(3) 6CO2 + 6O2 + 6H2O → 12O2 + C6H12O6
(4) 6CO2+12H2O → 6O2 + C6H12O6 +6H2O

33) Which of the following statements is not correct ?

(1) Almost all proteins are enzymes


(2) All enzymes are not proteins
(3) Enzymes have tertiary structure of protein
(4) Thermal stability is an important quality of enzymes of thermophilic organisms.

34) Suppose one molecule of enzyme is capable to convert 5 molecules of substrate into product in 5
minutes. 5 molecules of enzyme and 135 molecules of substrate are mixed in a test tube. After 20
minutes the test tube will have :-

(1) Products only


(2) Products and enzymes
(3) Products and 35 unreacted molecules of substrate
(4) Products, enzymes and 35 unreacted molecules of substrate.

35) In C3 plants some O2 does bind to RuBisCO and the RuBP, instead of being converted to 2
molecules of PGA, converts into -

(1) 2 Molecules of phosphoglyceraldehyde


(2) 1 Molecule of phosphoglycolate and 1 molecule of phosphoglycerate
(3) 1 Molecule of PGA and 1 molecule of PGAL
(4) 2 Molecules of triose phosphate

36)

Read the following four statements (A–D) :


(A) CO2 saturation in plants occur at the 10% of full carbondioxide

(B) At low light intensities there is a linear relationship between light and CO2 fixation rates (C) If a
process is affected by more than one factor then its rate will be determined by the factor available at
supra-optimal (more than optimum) level
(D) Except for plants in shade or in dense forest, light is rarely a limiting factor in nature
How many of the above statements is/are correct ?
(1) Two
(2) Four
(3) One
(4) Three

37) By using bell jar set up who showed that sunlight is essential to the plant process that somehow
purifies the air ?

(1) Engelmann
(2) Jan Ingenhousz
(3) Sachs
(4) Joseph Priestley

38) Leaf pigments chl a, chl b, xanthophyll and carotene be separated by :-

(1) Paper chromatography


(2) Radioisotopic technique
(3) X-ray diffusion
(4) ELISA test

39) Maize shows high efficiency of CO2 fixation because it performs :-

(1) Calvin cycle


(2) EMP pathway
(3) Hatch and Slack pathway
(4) TCA cycle

40) Calvin cycle occurs :-

(1) only in monocots and dicots


(2) only in C3 plant
(3) only in C4 plant
(4) all photosynthetic plants

41) Classification of biosynthetic phase of dark reaction as C3 & C4 is primarily based on :-

(1) Initial CO2 fixation


(2) Final CO2 assimilation
(3) First CO2 receptor
(4) Number of ATP get consumed

42) In C4 plants there is no photorespiration, because :-

(1) they have large number of chloroplast


(2) of increased CO2 concentration at RuBisCO site
(3) of concentric arrangement of mesophyll cells
(4) of greater affinity of RuBisCO for O2

43) Nucleic acids, that behave like enzyme, are called –

(1) Ribozymes
(2) Hydrolases
(3) Isomerases
(4) Dehydrogenases

44) The activity of an enzyme can be affected by a change in the conditions which can alter the :-

(1) Primary structure of the protein


(2) Tertiary structure of the protein
(3) Primary structure of the carbohydrates
(4) Primary structure of fats

45) Coenzyme NAD is :-

(1) Niacin Adenine Dinucleotide


(2) Niacin Adenosine Dinucleotide
(3) Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
(4) Nicotinamide Adenosine Disulphate
ANSWER KEYS

BIOLOGY

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. 4 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 4 2 3 4 1 4 3 2 4 2 2 3
Q. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. 4 2 4 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 3 4 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4
Q. 41 42 43 44 45
A. 1 2 1 2 3
SOLUTIONS

BIOLOGY

1)

NCERT XI English Page # 250 (Topic-[Link])


िहदी पे ज # 250, 251 (टाॅ िपक-[Link])

2)

NCERT XI English Page # 231 (Topic-14.4)


िहदी पे ज # 231 (टाॅ िपक-14.4)

3)

NCERT XI English Page # 232 (Fig. 14.3)


िहदी पे ज # 232 (िच-14.3)

4)

NCERT XI English Page # 236 (Topic-14.7)


िहदी पे ज # 236 (टाॅ िपक-14.7)

5)

NCERT XI English Page # 249 (Topic-[Link])


िहदी पे ज # 249 (टाॅ िपक-[Link])

6)

NCERT XI English Page # 233 (1st Paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 233 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

7)

NCERT XI English Page # 249 (Topic-[Link])


िहदी पे ज # 249 (टाॅ िपक-[Link])

8)

NCERT XI English Page # 232 (1st Paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 232 (पहला पे राग ाफ)
9)

NCERT XI English Page # 246


िहदी पे ज # 246

10)

NCERT XI English Page # 235 (Topic-14.6)


िहदी पे ज # 235 (टाॅ िपक-14.6)

11)

NCERT XI English Page # 229 (Last Paragraph)


ू रा पे राग ाफ)
िहदी पे ज # 230 (दस

12) NCERT XI English Page # 230 (Topic-14.3)


िहदी पे ज # 230 (टाॅ िपक-14.3)

13)

NCERT XI English Page # 240 (Topic-15.1.1)


िहदी पे ज # 240 (टाॅ िपक-15.1.1)

14)

NCERT XI English Page # 247 (3rd Paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 247 (तीसरा पे राग ाफ)

15)

NCERT XI English Page # 248 (Last Paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 248 (आिखरी पे राग ाफ), 249 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

16)

NCERT XI English Page # 249 (Topic-[Link])


िहदी पे ज # 249 (टाॅ िपक-[Link])

17)

NCERT XI English Page # 249 (Last Paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 249 (आिखरी पे राग ाफ), 250 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

18)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 229 (Fig. 14.1 and 2nd last para)
NCERT-XI िहदी पे ज # 229 (िच 14.1) एवं 230 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

19)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 248, 249 & 250


NCERT-XI िहदी पे ज # 248, 249 व 250

20)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 242 (Fig. 15.4) & 243 (1st para)

NCERT-XI िहदी पे ज # 242 (िच-15.4) एवं 243 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

21)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 212, [Fig. 13.5], 213 [Fig. 13.6]


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 212 [िच 13.5], 213 [िच 13.6]

22) NCERT XI, Page # 229

23)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 231 (Topic-14.4)


िहदी पे ज # 231 (टाॅ िपक-14.4)

24)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 228 (2nd Last paragraph)


िहदी पे ज # 228 (आिखरी पे राग ाफ)

25)

NCERT-XI English Pg. # 233 (Fig. 14.4)

Oxygen accepts electrons from complex IV thus complex IV is directly involved in reduction of
oxygen. िहदी पे ज # 233 (िच-14.4) ऑसीजन, सिम/काॅ पले स-IV से इले ट ाॅस ग हण करती है अतः काॅ पले स
IV ऑसीजन के अपचयन म य प से सिमिलत है ।

26)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 216, 219


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 216, 219

27)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 159


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 159
28)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 209, 212, 215


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 209, 210, 213, 215

29)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 216, 217 (Fig. 13.8)


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 216, 217 (िच 13.8)

30)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 212


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 212

31)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 212, 213


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 212, 213

32)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 208


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 209

33)

NCERT-XI English Page # 154 (1st para.)


ू रा पे राग ाफ)
NCERT-XI िहदी पे ज # 154 (दस

34)

NCERT-XI, Eng. Pg.# 156


Equation –

This question is based on the concept that enzyme not consumed in biochemical reactions and
are obtained as it is with product at the end of the reactions.
NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज.# 157
समीकरण

ये न इस तय पर आधािरत है िक जै वरासायिनक ियाओं म एं जाइस उपभोग नहीं होते ह एवं ियाओं के अं त
म उपाद के साथ अपने वातिवक प म िमल जाते है ।
35)

NCERT XI (E) Page 220


Topic ⇒ photorespiration 3rd paragraph)
NCERT XI िहदी पे ज 220 (last पे राग ाफ)

36)

B and D are correct


B एवं D सही है ।
NCERT (XIth) Pg. (E) # 222, 223

Pg. (H) # 222, 223

37)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 207 [Last paragraph]


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 207 (आिखरी पे राग ाफ), 208 (पहला पे राग ाफ)

38)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 210 [1st paragraph]


ू रा पे राग ाफ]
NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 210 [दस

39)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 218


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 219

40)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 216


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 217

41)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 216 [1st paragraph]


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 216 [तीसरा पे राग ाफ]

42)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 220 [2nd last paragraph]


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 222 [पहला पे राग ाफ]

43)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 154


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 154

44)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 157 [Topic- 9.12.4]


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 157 [टाॅ िपक - 9.12.4]

45)

NCERT-XI, English Pg. # 159


NCERT-XI, िहदी पे ज # 159

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