Physiology And Metabolism — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

In physiology and metabolism, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is the plant that exhibits both C3 and C4 pathways . This plant is commonly known as common ice plant or crystalline ice plant. It is a halophytic plant that has the ability to perform both C3 and CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) photosynthesis pathways. The C3 pathway is predominant under normal conditions, while the CAM pathway is utilized under conditions of high salinity or water stress. Therefore, Option C is the correct answer.

Crabtree effect is the correct answer to “The production of ethanol rather than biomass by yeast cells at high concentration of glucose is known as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Halobacteria is the correct answer to “Bacteriorhodopsin is a characteristic features of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Anaerobic microorganisms is the correct answer to “Gas-Pak system is used for the study of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Cytochrome b 6 f complex is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is connecting link between Photosystem I and Photosystem II”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Anabolic reaction is the correct answer to “Photosynthesis is a/an”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Both apoplastic and symplastic transport are ATP-independent is the correct answer to “Plants take up water from the soil predominantly by the adoplastic and symplastic modes of transport. Which one of the following statements is true”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Anaerobes which can respire anaerobically is the correct answer to “Facultative anaerobes are”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

CO2 carbon is the correct answer to “The oxidative photosynthesis carbon cycle salvages”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Glucose to pyruvate or lactate is the correct answer to “Glycolysis is the name given to the pathway involving the conversion of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Plasma membrane is the correct answer to “ln a prokaryotic cell the respiratory enzymes are located in”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Green plants and purple sulphur bacteria (PSB) is the correct answer to “Autotrophic organisms include”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Aerobic respiration is the correct answer to “Electron from Cyt-C are carried to molecular O 2 in”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Ionization of water is the correct answer to “The first step in photosynthesis is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Hydrogen sulphide is the correct answer to “The hydrogen donor in bacterial photosynthesis is usually”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Space enclosed by the thylakoid membrane is the correct answer to “When sunlight is on the chloroplast, pH is lowest in the”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Charge separation is the correct answer to “The light reaction of photosynthesis does not include”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Dihydro pyridine is the correct answer to “The core functional unit present-in NADH is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Lowers the water potential in the plant cell is the correct answer to “For metabolic engineering in plants having improved tolerance to osmotic stress, mannitol is overproduced because it”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Plasma membrane is the correct answer to “Enzyme of TCA cycle in prokaryotic cells are located in”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Net CO2 exchange is zero is the correct answer to “Light compensation point is the irradiance at which”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Alcohol is the correct answer to “Organisms that ferment glucose may produce any of the following end products, except”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

18 ATP and 12 NADPH2 is the correct answer to “In photosynthesis, how many molecules of ATP and NADPH 2 are used”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Gluconeogenesis is the correct answer to “The formation of glucose from non-arbohydrate source is known as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Volt is the correct answer to “Standard redox potential for substance ismeasured under standard condition and is expressed as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Retroaldol reaction is the correct answer to “During glycolysis, fructose-1, 6-diphosphate undergoes-to produce two C3-fragments”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Antimycin-A is the correct answer to “The uncoupling agent of oxidative phosphorylation is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Cytoplasmic membrane is the correct answer to “In E. coli, the respiratory chain components are located in the”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

3-phosphoglycerate kinase is the correct answer to “The reduction phase of Calvin-Benson cycle in Arabidpsis is inhibited. This can be attributed to the inactivation of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Hydrogen accepter in fermentation and intermediate substrate in aerobic respiration is the correct answer to “Pyruvic acid acts as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Citric acid is the correct answer to “During mixed acid fermentation by E. coli, which one of the following is not produced”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

2 is the correct answer to “The number of ATP produced when a molecule of glucose undergoes fermentation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Thylakoids is the correct answer to “Photosynthetic pigments is chloroplasts are embedded in the membrane of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Conversion of α-ketoglutarate to succinyl co-A is the correct answer to “Which of the following reactions is suggestive of oxidative decarboxylation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Electromagnetic energy into chemical energy is the correct answer to “Photosynthesis is a process of converting”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Cyanobacteria is the correct answer to “Anoxic earth become oxygenated due to oxygenic photosynthesis by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

600 - 750 nm is the correct answer to “Phytochromes A and B maximally absorb light at wavelength range”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Phycobilisomes is the correct answer to “Light absorbing antennas of the blue and red algae living at a depth of a metre or more in sea water are called as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

Iron-porphrin proteins is the correct answer to “Cytochrome are”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.

The biomass growth yields is more in hexadecane than in glucose is the correct answer to “A culture can grow independently in two carbon sources, glucose and hexadecane. Identify which one of the following statements is true”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Physiology And Metabolism.