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NEET Biology Respiration In Plants Question Bank

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Introduction and Types of Respiration

 
·        1) Energy accumulate in ATP in [CPMT 1982]
A) Disulphide bond
B) Hydrogen bonds
C) High energy phosphate bond
D) Ester bond

·          2) In plants, respiration takes place
A) Only in leaves during night
B) Only in leaves during day
C) In all living cells
D) None of the above

·          3) Which of the following show higher rate of respiration
A) Collenchyma
B) Leaf
C) Dry seeds
D) Germinating seeds

·          4) 
C2
cycle is studied in
A) 
C4
plants
B) Those showing photorespiration
C) Both [a] and [b]
D) None of the above

·          5) Respiration is a
A) Photochemical oxidation
B) Oxidation reaction
C) Photophosphorylation
D) None of the above

·          6) On which substrate enzyme lipase works
A) Fat
B) Protein
C) Carbohydrate
D) All the above

·          7) Which of the substrate is used in protoplasmic respiration
A) Fat
B) Carbohydrate
C) Protein
D) All the above

·          8) Which of the following leaves will show maximum rate of respiration
A) Young leaves
B) Mature leaves
C) Senescent leaves
D) None of the above

·          9) For which of the following process presence of chlorophyll is not necessary
A) Photosynthesis
B) Photorespiration
C) Respiration
D) None of the above

·          10) Respiration is essential for
A) Cell division
B) Conversion of insoluble food to soluble
C) Maintaining balance of carbon cycle
D) All the above

·          11) Pseudomonas saccharophila shows which of the following pathway
A) Glycolysis
B) Kreb's cycle
C) Entner-Doeudoroff pathway
D) None of the above

·          12) In both aerobic and anaerobic respiration which same product is formed
A) Lactic acid
B) Pyruvic acid
C) Citric acid
D) Organic acid

·          13) When a man enters a seed godown, the feeling is that of
A) Freshness
B) Suffocation
C) Freshness in the beginning and suffocation afterwards
D) Suffocation in the beginning and freshness afterwards

·          14) During aerobic respiration, the main thing required is
A) Nitrogen
B) 
O2
C) 
O2
and some microbes
D) None of the above

·          15) Which of the following is reverse of photosynthesis
A) Respiration
B) Protein synthesis
C) Fat synthesis
D) All the above

·          16) During respiration, there is
A) Loss of weight
B) Gain in weight
C) The weight remains constant
D) Not applicable

·          17) The process of phosphorylation takes place in
A) Glycolysis
B) Kreb's cycle
C) HMP pathway
D) All the above

·          18) Mitchell’s chemiosmotic theory? belongs to?
A) Kreb's cycle
B) Oxidative phosphorylation
C) Glycolysis
D) None of the above

·          19) Match the given below organelles with their function Kreb's cycle (i) Stalked particles of mitochondria Photorespiration (ii) Cytoplasm Oxidative phosphorylation (iii) Peroxisomes Glycolysis (iv) Inner surface of membrane of mitochondria A B C D
A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

·          20) Match the name of scientist with his work PPP (Pentose phosphate pathway) (i) Kuhne Demonstration of fermentation (ii) Kreb's TCA cycle pathway (iii) Warburg-Dickens Glycolysis (iv) Embden Mayerh of Parnas A B C D
A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

·          21) Match the correct answers with type of respiration and respiratory substrates Respiration Type of substrate Floating respiration (i) Proteins Cytoplasmic respiration (ii) Starch Protoplasmic respiration (iii) Carbohydrates Lactic acid fermentation (iv) Lactose A B C D
A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

·          22) What is the normal value of extinction point
A) 
20
B) 
2
C) 
10
D) 
30

·          23) Pneumatophores are responsible for a kind of respiration mainly present in
A) Hydrophytes
B) Mangroove plants
C) Epiphytes
D) Xerophytes

·          24) The plants similar to animals in their requirement of oxygen for cellular respiration belongs to
A) Red algae
B) Blue-green algae
C) Fungi
D) Lichens

·          25) In aerobic respiration
A) Glucose is the only substrate
B) Glucose is a preferred substrate
C) Glucose cannot be used directly
D) Any material which burns in air can be used as substrate

·          26) The tissue of highest respiratory activity is
A) Meristems
B) Ground tissue
C) Phloem
D) Mechanical tissue

·          27) Which of the following is a more accurate statement about respiration
A) 
O2
must always be available for respiration
B) 
O2
combines with carbon to form
CO2
C) 
O2
combines with hydrogen to form
H2O
D) Air is inhaled and exhaled only from stomata

·          28) Respiration differs from combustion in which of the following
A) Energy is released in respiration
B) Substance is oxidised
C) Enzymes are involved
D) All the above

·          29) 
CO2
 is constantly released in respiration yet its level remains fairly uniform because
A) 
CO2
is used as a buffer
B) 
CO2
is utilized in photosynthesis
C) 
CO2
is converted into carbonate rocks
D) 
CO2
undergoes regular photolysis

·          30) The energy stored in glucose basically comes from
A) Air
B) Water
C) Sun
D) Respiration

·          31) Aerobic respiration is called
A) Fermentation
B) Chemosynthesis
C) Bio-oxidation
D) Photorespiration

·          32) Old trees obtain
CO2
from
A) Stomata
B) Lenticels
C) Leaf scars
D) All the above

·          33) Apple and potato obtain
O2
through
A) Stomata
B) Cork
C) Lenticels
D) Epidermis

·          34) Respiratory exchange of gases in hydrophytes occur through
A) Stomata
B) Cuticle
C) Lenticels
D) General surface

·          35) Roots of a plant when kept in a phenolphthalein containing weak alkaline solution, decolorises it. This is due to
A) Absorption of phenolphthalein
B) Absorption of alkali
C) Respiration of roots
D) Utilization of
O2

·          36) Respiratory exchange in seeds occur through
A) Testa
B) Stomata
C) Micropyle
D) Hilum

·          37) Compensation point is developed in
A) Day light
B) Twilight
C) Night time
D) Noon hours

·          38) Protein is used as respiratory substrate only when
A) Carbohydrates are absent
B) Fats are absent
C) Both exhausted
D) Fats and carbohydrates are abundant

·          39) When 100% carbon is oxidized to
CO2
, the efficiency of such a respiration is
A) 40%
B) 60%
C) 90%
D) 100%

·          40) In a mango tree, metabolic energy is most extensively used in
A) Cambium
B) Crok
C) Xylem
D) Root parenchyma

·          41) Which of the following process is immediately affected by the loss of ATP
A) Diffusion
B) Osmosis
C) Uptake
D) Kreb's cycle

·          42) The rate of respiration could be checked by
A) Malonate
B) 
CO2
C) Chloroform and cynides
D) All the above

·          43) If a starved plant is provided with glucose, the rate of respiration would
A) Decrease
B) Increase
C) Become constant
D) First rise and then fall

·          44) Oxidative phosphorylation is related to the formation of
A) ATP by chloroplast via photosynthesis
B) ATP by chondriosome via photolysis
C) ATP by cytoplasm via glycolysis
D) ATP by chondriosome via respiration

·          45) Both respiration and photosynthesis require the following [CPMT 1981, 84, 88, 89; DPMT 1990; MP PMT 1984, 89, 93, 2003]
A) Sunlight
B) Chlorophyll
C) Glucose
D) Cytochrome

·          46) After respiration, the conversion of energy is mainly in the form of [AFMC 1976; CPMT 1979]
A) ADP
B) ATP
C) AMP
D) Glucose

·          47) The end products of respiration in plants are [AFMC 1976; CPMT 1972]
A) 
CO2,H2O
and energy
B) Starch and
O2
C) Sugar and
O2
D) 
H2O
and energy

·          48) Energy obtained by cell from catabolism is stored immediately in the form of [CPMT 1984]
A) ATP
B) DNA
C) Glucose
D) Pyruvic acid

·          49) Common immediate source of energy in cellular activity or Energy currency of the cell is [DPMT 1983; AFMC 1982; BHU 1982, 84; CPMT 1978, 89, 94; JIPMER 1990; MP PMT 2002]
A) DNA
B) ATP
C) RNA
D) NAD

·          50) Evolution of
CO2
is more than intake of oxygen when [MP PMT 1987; DPMT 1990]
A) Sucrose is respired
B) Glucose is respired
C) Organic acids are respired
D) Fats are respired

·          51) The net gain of energy from one gram molecule of glucose during aerobic respiration is [MP PMT 1987; CPMT 1990, 96; CBSE PMT 1999; BHU 2000; KCET 2001]
A) 2 ATP
B) 36 ATP
C) 38 ATP
D) 15 ATP

·          52) If carbon dioxide contents of the atmosphere is as high as 300 ppm [MP PMT 1989]
A) All plants will be killed
B) The plants would not grow properly
C) Plants would grow for sometimes and then die
D) The plants would thrive well

·          53) Different steps in respiration are controlled by [CPMT 1980, 2002; MP PMT 1984; DPMT 1992]
A) Auxin
B) Sugar
C) Enzyme
D) Kinetin

·          54) To a living organism which of the following has the greater amount of available energy per molecule [MP PMT 1987]
A) ATP
B) ADP
C) 
CO2
D) 
H2O

·          55) Which cell organelle is required in photorespiration [CPMT 1990; DPMT 1991; BHU 1994, 2000, 01; MP PMT 1984, 2000, 01; AIIMS 2001, 02; Kerala PMT 2002]
A) Chloroplast
B) Mitochondria
C) Peroxisome
D) All the above

·          56) Instantaneous source of energy is [AFMC 1985]
A) Glucose
B) Fats
C) Proteins
D) Amino acids

·          57) Energy given by one molecule of ATP is [BHU 1986; MP PMT 1989]
A) 7.3 kcal
B) 721 kcal
C) 760 kcal
D) 1000 kcal

·          58) Respiration is an [CPMT 1986]
A) Endothermic process
B) Exothermic process
C) Anabolic process
D) Endergonic process

·          59) Who among the following can be said to be the ?Father of Indian Physiology? [Bihar MDAT 1991]
A) B.P. Pal
B) K.C. Mehta
C) M.S. Swaminathan
D) J.C. Bose

·          60) The energy yield as a result of total oxidation of one glucose molecule during cellular respiration is to convert [CBSE PMT 1992]
A) 38 molecules of ADP into 38 molecules of ATP
B) 30 molecules of ADP into 30 molecules of ATP
C) 36 molecules of ADP into 36 molecules of ATP
D) 32 molecules of ADP into 32 molecules of ATP

·          61) The synthesis of ATP in photosynthesis and respiration is essentially an oxidation-reduction process involving removal of energy from [BHU 1994]
A) Oxygen
B) Phytochrome
C) Cytochrome
D) Electrons

·          62) TPP means [CPMT 1975]
A) Thiamine pyrophosphate
B) Thymine pyrophosphate
C) Thymine pentaphosphate
D) None of the above

·          63) The connecting link among glycolysis, Kreb's cycle and beta-oxidation of fatty acid is [MP PMT 1992]
A) Pyruvic acid
B) Acetyl CoA
C) Acetaldehyde
D) Citric acid

·          64) Aerobic respiration of glucose produces energy [MP PMT 1993]
A) 637 kcal
B) 640 kcal
C) 673 kcal
D) 693 kcal

·          65) Respiration occurs [BHU 1980; DPMT 1983]
A) Only in non-green cells in light
B) Only in non-green cells both in light and dark
C) In all living cells both in light and dark
D) In all living cells only in light

·          66) In plants, energy is produced during the process CPMT 1981]
A) Transpiration
B) Respiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Water absorption

·          67) Which of the following is the source of respiration [CPMT 1979]
A) Stored food
B) RNA
C) DNA
D) ATP

·          68) In the process of respiration, the potential energy stored in the organic compounds is released in the form of [NCERT 1978; BHU 2001]
A) Kinetic energy
B) Physical energy
C) Chemical energy
D) Radiant energy

·          69) Carbon dioxide liberates during [CPMT 1979]
A) Ascent of sap
B) Transpiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Respiration

·          70) What is the importance of respiration in plants [CPMT 1984]
A) It provides oxygen to plants
B) It liberates energy
C) It liberates carbon dioxide
D) All the above

·          71) Aerobic respiration is more advantageous to a large organism than anaerobic respiration, because aerobic respiration [CPMT 1986]
A) Does not require sunlight
B) Produces oxygen as a waste product
C) Does not require molecular oxygen and hydrogen
D) Releases more energy from an equal amount of nutrients

·          72) Intake of
CO2
 and outlet of 
O2
is equal in photosynthesis and respiration, then the condition is known as [CPMT 1990]
A) Red drop
B) Solarization
C) Null point
D) Compensation point

·          73) During 24 hours there is a time when plants neither give
O2
nor
CO2
. This is the time of [BHU 1984, 91]
A) Night
B) Daylight
C) Twilight
D) None of these

·          74) If
CO2
is given off in respiration, why does the amount of
CO2
in the atmosphere remains relatively constant [CPMT 1987; BHU 1991]
A) 
CO2
forms carbonate rocks
B) 
CO2
is buffer
C) 
CO2
is converted in photosynthesis to carbohydrates
D) 
CO2
splits up during photosynthesis

·          75) Respiration is a process in which [CPMT 1983]
A) Energy is used up
B) Energy is stored in the form of ATP
C) Energy is released and stored in the form of ATP
D) Energy is released at all

·          76) Respiration differs from the process of combustion in the fact that [CPMT 1985]
A) All the energy stored in glucose is released at once due to combustion
B) All energy stored in glucose is gradually released due to combustion
C) Comparatively large quantity of energy is produced due to combustion
D) The carbohydrates act as the combustion substance

·          77) Oxidative phosphorylation occurs during the process of [MP PMT 1994, 98; Haryana PMT 2005]
A) Protein synthesis
B) 
N2
fixation
C) Respiration
D) Transpiration

·          78) Cut surfaces of fruit and vegetables often become dark because [DPMT 1983; CPMT 1983]
A) Dirty knife makes it dark
B) Oxidation of tannic acid in the presence of trace of iron from the knife makes it dark
C) Dust of the air makes it dark
D) None of the above

·          79) Cytochrome is related to [MP PMT 1991]
A) Cellular digestion
B) Protein synthesis
C) Cell division
D) Cellular respiration

·          80) Which of the scientific paper would you assign to plant physiology [CPMT 1985]
A) Evergreen forest of India
B) Embryo culture of plants
C) Respiratory activities in plants
D) Cell and cell division

·          81) When ATP is converted into ADP, it releases [Manipal 1995]
A) Electricity
B) Energy
C) Enzymes
D) Hormones

·          82) Leaves of annual plants obtain
O2
through [CPMT 1985; DPMT 1977, 84]
A) Cell walls
B) Cuticle and leaf scars
C) Stomata
D) Lenticels

·          83) Adenosine diphospate contains [CPMT 1995]
A) One high energy bond
B) Two high energy bond
C) Three high energy bond
D) Four high energy bond

·          84) Heat energy of plants is measured in [MP PMT 1996]
A) Grams
B) Pounds
C) Decibels
D) Calories

·          85) Enzymes related with cristae are related with [CPMT 1996]
A) Anaerobic respiration
B) Aerobic respiration
C) 
CO2
formation
D) Reduction of pyruvic acid

·          86) Highest calories is obtained from [CPMT 1996]
A) Fats
B) Proteins
C) Carbohydrates
D) Vitamins

·          87) In oxidative phosphorylation, oxidation and phosphorylation take place simultaneously and form [CBSE PMT 1996]
A) NADP
B) DPN
C) Pyruvic acid
D) ATP

·          88) Make suitable pairing [RPMT 1997] [A] Glycolysis [a] Mitochondria [B] Kreb's cycle [b] Cytoplasmic matrix [C] Electron transport chain
A) Aa, Ba, Cb
B) Ab, Ba, Ca
C) Aa, Bb, Cb
D) Ab, Bb, Ca

·          89) The amount of energy released in complete oxidation of one molecule of glucose is [RPMT 1997]
A) 628 kcal
B) 668 kcal
C) 686 kcal
D) 697 kcal

·          90) The mechanism of ATP formation both in chloroplast and mitochondria is explained by [CBSE PMT 1997]
A) Relay pump theory of Godlewski
B) Cholodny-Wont's model
C) Chemiosmotic theory
D) Munch's hypothesis (mass flow model)

·          91) Which of the following is formed during respiration [MP PMT 1999]
A) 
O2
(Oxygen)
B) 
CO2
(Carbon dioxide)
C) 
NO2
(Nitrogen dioxide)
D) 
SO2
(Sulphur dioxide)

·          92) Net gain of ATP molecules, during aerobic respiration, is [CBSE PMT 1999; CPMT 2002; RPMT 2002]
A) 36 molecules
B) 38 molecules
C) 40 molecules
D) 48 molecules

·          93) In mitochondria, cristae act as sites for [Pb. PMT 1999]
A) Protein synthesis
B) Oxidation-reduction reaction
C) Breakdown of macromolecules
D) Phosphorylation of flavoproteins

·          94) The energy consumed during the conversion of ADP into ATP is [Pb. PMT 2000]
A) 73000 cal/mole
B) 686000 cal/mole
C) 8000 cal/mole
D) 7300 cal/mole

·          95) Which of the following is the phosphorylating unit [AFMC 2000]
A) Oxysome
B) Mesosome
C) Peroxisome
D) Mitochondria

·          96) Cristae helps in [AFMC 2000]
A) Respiration
B) Transpiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Photo-oxidation

·          97) Cristae are associated with which of the following [CBSE PMT 2000]
A) Cytoplasm
B) Protoplasm
C) Mitochondria
D) Ribosomes

·          98) From substrate level phosphorylation ATP are produced [BHU 2000]
A) 2
B) 6
C) 10
D) 8

·          99) The net gain of energy, from one molecule of sucrose in aerobic respiration, is [CBSE PMT 2001]
A) 18 ATP
B) 38 ATP
C) 60 ATP
D) 80 ATP

·          100) The high-energy bonds of ATP are between [AIIMS 2001]
A) C-C
B) C-O
C) C-N
D) O-P

·          101) Chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis was proposed by [MHCET 2001]
A) Warberg
B) Dickens
C) Kreb's
D) P. Mitchell

·          102) The aerobic respiration yields [MHCET 2002]
A) 
8NADH2, 2FADH2, 2ATP
B) 
10NADH2, 2FADH2, 38ATP
C) 
12NADH2, 30ATPH2O
D) 
10NADH2, 2FADH2, 2GTP, 2ATP

·          103) Salt respiration is also called as [J&K CET 2002]
A) Anion respiration
B) Cation respiration
C) Photorespiration
D) None of the above

·          104) Degradation of sugar and fat to Acetyl CoA will not take place if the following organelle is not present in a eukaryotic cell [AIEEE 2003]
A) Golgi apparatus
B) Mitochondrion
C) Ribosome
D) Nucleus

·          105) Which of the following is utilized first in respiration [BVP 2003]
A) Fat
B) Protein
C) Sucrose
D) Hexose

·          106) An ATP molecule is structurally most similar to a molecule of [Kerala CET 2003]
A) RNA molecule
B) DNA molecule
C) Amino acid
D) Fatty acid

·          107) Which of the following forms the connecting link between glycolysis and Kreb's cycle [Kerala CET 2003; Wardha 2005]
A) Glucose 
B) Ethyl alcohol
C) Lactic acid             
D) Pyruvic acid

·          108) ATP is synthesized in which part of mitochondria [BHU 2003]
A) 
F1
B) 
F0
C) Cristae
D) Inner membrane of mitochondria

·          109) Cell respiration is carried out by [Orissa JEE 2004; Pb. PMT 2004]
A) Ribosome
B) Mitochondria
C) Chloroplast
D) Golgi bodies

·          110) Mechanism of ATP production in aerobic respiration was given by [AFMC 2004]
A) Kreb's
B) Calvin
C) Hatch and Slack
D) Pasteur

·          111) ATP was discovered by [KCET 2004]
A) Blackman
B) Bowman
C) Lipmann
D) Karl Lohman

·          112) Ganong's respiroscope is used to demonstrate... [KCET 2004]
A) Production of carbon dioxide during aerobic respiration
B) Production of heat during aerobic respiration
C) Evolution of oxygen during photosynthesis
D) Evolution of carbon dioxide during fermentation

·          113) Which of the following is involved in the catalysis of link reaction during aerobic respiration [DPMT 2004]
A) 
Vitamin A
B) 
Vitamin B1
C) 
Vitamin B6
D) 
Vitamin K

·          114) The process by which there is inhibition of aerobic respiration by atmospheric
O2
is [DPMT 2004]
A) Pasteur's effect
B) Calvin's effect
C) Darwin's effect
D) None of these

·          115) In submerged hydrophytes entry of 
CO2
 is through [DPMT 2004]
A) Epidermis as dissolved 
CO2
B) Epidermis as carbonates only
C) Epidermis as bicarbonates only
D) Both [b] and [c]

·          116) In carbon dioxide reduction ATP is [MP PMT 2005]
A) Used
B) Unused
C) May be used or not used
D) None

·          117) A single ATP produce [MP PMT 2005]
A) 8 kcal
B) 10 kcal
C) 12 kcal
D) 100 kcal

·          118) ATP stands to [MP PMT 2004, 05]
A) Adenosine triphosphate
B) Adenine diphosphate
C) Adenosine tetraphosphate
D) Adenine triphosphate

·          119) Chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthests in the chloroplasts and mitochondria is based on [CBSE PMT 2005]
A) Proton gradient
B) Accumulation of K ions
C) Accumulation of Na ions
D) Membrane potential

·          120) Richest energy compound in [Bihar 2005]
A) Creatinine phosphate
B) ATP
C) Carbohydrate
D) Fat

·          121) Which is common in respiration and photosynthesis [Haryana PMT 2005]
A) Oxidation
B) Phytochrome
C) Cytochrome
D) Photosystem

·          122) Respiration initiated in chloroplasts and occurs in light is called [J&K CET 2005]
A) Aerobic respiration
B) Anaerobic respiration
C) Photorespiration
D) Fermentation

·          123) The organelle associated with aerobic respiration is [J&K CET 2005]
A) Chloroplast
B) Centriole
C) Nucleus
D) Mitochondrion

·          124) Metabolism is [Haryana PMT 2005]
A) Release of energy
B) Gain of energy
C) Release or gain of energy
D) Catabolism of a reaction


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