Q. During mixed acid fermentation by E. coli, which one of the following is not produced?

  • (A) Lactic acid
  • (B) Ethanol
  • (C) Succinic acid
  • (D) Citric acid
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Citric acid

Q. The number of ATP produced when a molecule of glucose undergoes fermentation

  • (A) 4
  • (B) 36
  • (C) 2
  • (D) 38
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 2

Q. Photosynthetic pigments is chloroplasts are embedded in the membrane of

  • (A) Matrix
  • (B) Photoglobin
  • (C) Thylakoids
  • (D) Thylakoids D. Chloroplast
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Thylakoids

Q. Which of the following reactions is suggestive of oxidative decarboxylation?

  • (A) Conversion of oxalosuccinate to α-ketoglutarate
  • (B) Conversion of isocitrate to oxalosuccinate
  • (C) Conversion of α-ketoglutarate to succinyl co-A
  • (D) Conversion of succinate to fumerate
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Conversion of α-ketoglutarate to succinyl co-A

Q. Photosynthesis is a process of converting

  • (A) Heat energy into chemical energy
  • (B) Light energy into heat energy
  • (C) Electromagnetic energy into chemical energy
  • (D) Light energy into mechanical energy
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Electromagnetic energy into chemical energy

Q. Anoxic earth become oxygenated due to oxygenic photosynthesis by

  • (A) Angiosperms
  • (B) Gymnosperms
  • (C) Archaea
  • (D) Cyanobacteria
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Cyanobacteria

Q. Phytochromes A and B maximally absorb light at wavelength range

  • (A) 150 - 300 nm
  • (B) 300 - 450 nm
  • (C) 450 - 550 nm
  • (D) 600 - 750 nm
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 600 - 750 nm

Q. Light absorbing antennas of the blue and red algae living at a depth of a metre or more in sea water are called as

  • (A) Phycobilisomes
  • (B) Phycocyanobilins
  • (C) Phycoerythrobilins
  • (D) All the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Phycobilisomes

Q. Cytochrome are

  • (A) Riboflavin-containing nucleotides
  • (B) Metal-containing flavoproteins
  • (C) Pyridine nucleotides
  • (D) Iron-porphrin proteins
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Iron-porphrin proteins

Q. A culture can grow independently in two carbon sources, glucose and hexadecane. Identify which one of the following statements is true?

  • (A) The biomass growth yields is more in hexadecane than in glucose
  • (B) The biomass growth yields is lower in hexadecane than in glucose
  • (C) The oxygen consumed is higher when compared to hexadecane
  • (D) The CO2 produced will be more in glucose than in hexadecane
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) The biomass growth yields is more in hexadecane than in glucose

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