Arihant Academy Date : __________

16-FEB-2025 /STD - XI / NEET / PCB / QUESTION PAPER Marks : 720

PHYSICS : Thermal Properties of Matter, Mechanical Properties of Fluids, CHEMISTRY - Hydrocarbon, BIOLOGY -
Photosynthesis in higher plants, Respiration in plants, Plant growth and development

1) A wire of length 2.5 m has a percentage strain of 0.012% under a tensile force. The extension produced in
the wire will be

 1) 0.03 mm  2) 0.3 mm

 3) 0.3 m  4) 0.03 m

2) A rubber cord 10 m is suspended vertically. How much does it stretch under its own weight? (Density of
rubber is 1500 kg m–3, Y = 5 ´ 108 Nm–2 and g = 10 ms–2)

 1) 15 ´ 10–4 m  2) 7.5 ´ 104 m

 3) 12 ´ 10–4 m  4) 25 ´ 10–4 m

3) Young’s modulii is of two wires A and B are in the ratio 7 : 4. Wire A is 2 m long and has radius R. Wire B
is 1.5 m long and has radius 2 mm. If the two wires stretch by the same length for a given load, then the
value of R is close to

 1) 1.3 mm  2) 1.5 mm

 3) 1.9 mm  4) 1.7 mm

4) The elastic limit of brass is 379 MPa. What should be the minimum diameter of a brass rod, if it is to
support a 400 N load without exceeding its elastic limit?

 1) 0.90 mm  2) 1.00 mm

 3) 1.16 mm  4) 1.36 mm
5)

 1) P has more tensile strength than Q  2) P is more ductile than Q

 3)  4) The Young’s modulus of P is more than that of

P is more brittle than Q
Q

6)

 1)  2) If A and B are made of two different wires of

equal length and of same material, then wire
A is more thicker than B
 3) Extension of A is less than that of B  4) None of the above

7) A uniform steel bar of cross-sectional area A and length L is suspended, so that it hangs vertically. The
stress at the middle point of the bar is (r is the density of steel)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
8) The length of an elastic string is a metre when the tension is 4 N and b metre when the tension is 5 N. The
length (in m), when the tension is 9 N, is

 1) (a + b)  2) (4b – 5a)

 3) (5b – 4a)  4) (9b – 9a)

9)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

10) The length of a metal wire is l1 when the tension in it is T1 and is l2 when the tension is T2. The natural
length of the wire is

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

11) If to break a wire of 1 m length, minimum 40 kg–wt is required, then to break a wire of same material 6
m in length and double in radius, the breaking weight reuired will be

 1) 40 kg–wt  2) 80 kg–wt

 3) 160 kg–wt  4) 320 kg–wt

12)

 1) 0.5 mm  2) 1 mm

 3) 1.5 mm  4) 2 mm

13) A wire of length L, area of cross–section A is hanging from a fixed support. The length of the wire
changes to L1 when mass M is suspended from its free end. The expression for Young’s modulus is

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

14) A metallic bar of Young’s modulus 0.5 × 1011 Nm–2 and coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10–5°C–1,
length 1 m and area of cross–section 10–3m2 is heated from 0°C to 100°C without expansion or bending.
The compressive force developed in it is

 1) 5 × 103 N  2) 50 × 103 N

 3) 100 × 103N  4) 2 × 103 N

15) The maximum elongation of a steel wire of 1 m length if the elastic limit of steel and its Young’s modulus,
respectively, are 8 × 108 Nm–2 and 2 × 1011 Nm–2, is

 1) 4 mm  2) 0.4 mm

 3) 40 mm  4) 8 mm

16) Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. The first wire has cross–sectional
area and the second wire has cross–sectional area 3A. If the length of the first wire is increased by Dl on
applying a force F, how much force is needed to stretch the second wire by the same amount?

 1) 4F  2) 6F

 3) 9F  4) F

17) At what temperature, does the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit become equal?

 1) –40°  2) 40°

 3) 36.6°  4) 38°
18) If two rods of lengths L and 2L having coefficients of linear expansion a and 2a respectively are
connected end–to–end, the average coefficient of linear expansion of the composite rod is equal to

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
None of these

19)

 1)  2)

 3)  4) None of these

20)

 1) 2.15 cm3  2) 2.69 cm3

 3) 2.52 cm3  4) 2.25 cm3

21) 4 kg of ice at –15°C are added to 5 kg of water at 15°C. The temperature of the resulting mixture equals

 1) –15°C  2) 0°C

 3) 5°C  4) 15°C
22)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

23)

 1) 80°C  2) 85°C

 3) 90°C  4) 95°C
24)

 1) 10.8°C  2) 14.6°C

 3) 16.4°C  4) 18.2°C

25) Calculate the rate of loss of heat through a glass window of area 1000 cm2 and thickness 0.4 cm, when
temperature inside is 37°C and outside is –5°C. Coefficient of thermal conductivity of glass is 2.2 × 10–3
cal s–1 cm–1K–1.

 1) 450 cal s–1  2) 231 cal s–1

 3) 439 cal s–1  4) 650 cal s–1

26) The apparent coefficient of expansion of a liquid when heated in a copper vessel is C and when heated in
a silver vessel, it is S. If A is the linear coefficient of expansion of copper, then the linear coefficient of
expansion of silver is

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
27)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

28)

 1) 2/7  2) 7/2

 3) 9/2  4) 2/9

29) A piece of ice of mass 100 g and at temperature 0°C is put in 200 g of water at 25°C. How much ice will
melt as the temperature of water reaches 0°C? (Take, latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.4 ´ 105 Jkg–1)

 1) 128 g  2) 185.4 g

 3) 92.8 g  4) 61.8 g

30) Work done in converting one gram of ice at – 10°C into steam at 100°C is

 1) 3045 J  2) 6056 J

 3) 721 J  4) 616 J
31) A metalic cube of side 10 cm is subjected to a shearing force of 300 kgf. The top face is displaced through
0.25 cm with respect to the bottom. Calculate the shearing strain produced.

 1) 0.25  2) 2.5

 3) 0.025  4) 0.08

32) A cube of metal is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of 4 GPa. The percentage change in the length of the
side of the cube is close to (Take, Bulk modulus of metal, B = 8 ´ 1010 Pa)

 1) 1.67  2) 0.6

 3) 20  4) 5

33)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

34) A cube is subjected to a uniform volume compression. If the side of the cube decreases by 2%, the bulk
strain is

 1) 0.02  2) 0.03

 3) 0.04  4) 0.06
35)

 1) OD  2) OC

 3) OB  4) OA

36) The temperature of a wire is doubled. The Young’s modulus of elasticity

 1) will also double  2) will become four times

 3) will remain same  4) will decrease

37) The density of a metal at normal pressure is r. Its density when it is subjected to an excess pressure p is
r¢. If B is the bulk modulus of the metal, then the ratio r¢/r is

 1) 1 + p/B  2) 1 + B/p

 3)  4)

38) Two similar wires under the same load yield elongation of 0.1 mm and 0.05 mm, respectively. If the area
of cross–section of the first wire is 4 mm2, then the area of cross–section of the second wire is

 1) 6 mm2  2) 8 mm2

 3) 10 mm2  4) 12 mm2

39) In a mercury thermometer, the ice point (lower fixed point) is marked as 10° and the steam point (upper
fixed point) is marked as 130°. At 40°C temperature, what will this thermometer read?

 1) 78°  2) 66°

 3) 62°  4) 58°
40)

 1) slope of line AB is 9/5  2) slope of line AB is 5/9

 3) slope of line AB is 1/9  4) slope of line AB is 3/9

41) The coefficient of cubical expansion of mercury is 0.00018/°C and that of brass 0.00006 /°C. If a
barometer having a brass scale were to read 74.5 cm at 30°C, find the true barometric height at 0°C. The
scale is supposed to be correct at 15°C.

 1) 74.122 cm  2) 79.152 cm

 3) 42.161 cm  4) 142.39 cm

42) A calorimeter contains 10 g of water at 20°C. The temperature falls to 15°C in 10 min. When calorimeter
contains 20 g of water at 20°C, it takes 15 min for the temperature to become 15°C. The water equivalent
of the calorimeter is

 1) 5 g  2) 10 g

 3) 25 g  4) 50 g
43)

 1) 50°C  2) 75°C

 3) 66.6°C  4) 33.3°C

44)

 1) 1 min  2) 2 min

 3) 4 min  4) 16 min

45) Water is boiled in flat bottom kettle placed on a stove. The area of the bottom is 3000 cm2 and the
thickness is 2 mm. If the amount of steam produced is 1g min–1. Then, the difference of temperature
between inner and outer surfaces of the bottom is (K for the material of kettle is 0.5 cal°C–1s–1cm–1)

 1) 0.12 ´ 10–5 K  2) 1.9 ´ 10–3 K

 3) 1.3 ´ 10–4 °C  4) 1.2 ´ 10–2 K

46) How many isomers are possible for decane?

 1) 20  2) 60

 3) 75  4) 45
47) Which one of the following gives only one monochloro derivative?

 1) neo-Pentane  2) n-Hexane

 3) 2-Methylpentane  4) 3-Methylpentane

48) Which alkane is produced when sodium salt of butanoic acid is heated with soda lime?

 1) CH3CH3  2) CH3CH2CH2CH3

 3) CH4  4) CH3CH2CH3

49) Match the column I with column II and mark the appropriate choice.

 1) (A) ® (iii), (B) ® (i), (C) ® (iv), (D) ® (ii)

 2) (A) ® (ii), (B) ® (iv), (C) ® (i), (D) ® (iii)

 3) (A) ® (i), (B) ® (ii), (C) ® (iv), (D) ® (iii)

 4) (A) ® (iv), (B) ® (i), (C) ® (iii), (D) ® (ii)

50) Which of the following has the lowest boiling point?

 1) 2-Methylbutane  2) 2-Methylpropane

 3) 2,2-Dimethylpropane  4) n-Pentane

51) Chlorination of alkanes is a photochemical process. It is initiated by the process of

 1) heterolysis  2) homolysis

 3) pyrolysis  4) hydrolysis

52) Which of the following isomeric heptanes can yield seven different monochlorinated products upon free radical
chlorination?

 1) 2, 2-Dimethylpentane  2) 2-Methylhexane

 3) 3-Methylhexane  4) 2,4-Dimethylpentane
53)

 1) X = C2H6, Y= C2H6, Z = C6H6  2) X = CH4, Y = CH3COOH, Z = CH3CH3

 3) X = C2H6, Y = CH4, Z = C4H10  4) X = C2H6, Y = CH4, Z = C5H10

54)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

55)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
56) An alkene X is obtained by dehydration of an alcohol Y. X on ozonolysis gives two molecules of ethanal for
every molecule of alkene. X and Y are

 1) X = 3-hexene, Y = 3-hexanol  2) X = 2-butene, Y = 2-butanol

 3) X = 1-butene, Y = 1-butanol  4) X = 1-hexane, Y = 1-hexanol

57) Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene. What is the structural formula of
alkene?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

58) An alkene 3-ethylpent-2-ene will give which of the following products on ozonolysis?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

59)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

60) What happens when calcium carbide is treated with water?

 1) Ethane is formed  2) Methane and ethane are formed

 3) Ethyne is formed  4) Ethene and ethyne are formed

61)

 1) X = CH3CH2COONa, Y = CH3CH2CH = CH2

 2) X = CH3CH2C º CNa, Y = CH3CH2C º CC2H5’

 3) X = CH­3CH2CH2CH2Na, Y = CH3CH2CH2CH3
 4)

62) When 1-butyne undergoes oxymercuration with the help of HgSO4 + H­­2SO4, the products(s) formed
is/are

 1) CH3CH2COOH + HCOOH  2) CH3CH2COCH3

 3) CH3CH2CH2COOH  4) CH3CH2CH2CHO

63) Mark the incorrect statement from the following

 1) Benzene has a planar structure

 2) Benzene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon and shows addition reactions like alkenes (under normal condition)

 3) In benzene carbon uses two p-orbitals for hybridization

 4) Aromatic hydrocarbons contain high percentage of carbon hence burn with sooty flame
64)

 1) A = Ni, B = H2O(liquid), C = H2O

 2) A = Zn, B = H2O(steam), C = H2(Ni – Al alloy)

 3) A = Mg, B = H2O(liquid), C = HCl

 4) A = Zn, B = H2O(boiling), C = SnCl2

65) Nitration and chlorination of benzene are

 1) nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution respectively

 2) electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution respectively

 3) electrophilic substitution in both the reactions

 4) nucleohilic substitution in both the reactions

66)

 1) Wurtz-Fitting reaction  2) Friedel-Crafts reaction

 3) Rosenmund reaction  4) Sandmeyer reaction

67) Which of the following reactions is not an example of electrophilic substitution in benzene ring?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

68) Which of the following groups is o – p directing but. deactivates benzene ring for electrophilic substitution?

 1) –CH3  2) –NH2

 3) –Cl  4) –NO2

69) The correct order of reactivity towards electrophilic substitution is

 1) benzene > phenol > benzoic acid > chlorobenzene

 2) phenol > benzene > chlorobenzene > benzoic acid

 3) chlorobenzene > benzoic acid > phenol > benzene

 4) benzoic acid > chlorobenzene > benzene > phenol

70) Similar to alkenes and alkynes benzene also undergoes ozonolysis. In the sequence of the given reaction
identify X and Y.

 1) X = Triozonide, Y = Glyoxal

 2) X = Diozonide, Y = Succinic acid

 3) X = Monoozonide, Y = Benzoic acid

 4) X = Triozonide, Y = Benzaldehyde

71) 1-Bromo-3-chlorocyclobutane is treated with two equivalents of Na, in the presence of ether. Which of
the following compounds will be formed?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
72) Which of the following will not show geometrical isomerism?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

73) Assertion : 2, 2-Dimethylbutane does not have any tertiary carbon atom
Reason : Tertiary carbon atom is attached to three carbon atoms.

 1) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

 2) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

 3) Assertion is true but reason is false

 4) Both assertion and reason are false

74) Assertion : Wurtz reaction is not preferred for the preparation of alkanes with odd number of carbon
carbon atoms.
Reason : It is not possible to prepare alkanes with odd number of carbon atoms through Wurtz reaction.

 1) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

 2) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

 3) Assertion is true but reason is false

 4) Both assertion and reason are false

75) Which of the following will give 2, 2-dibromopropane on reaction with HBr?

 1) CH3 – CH = CH2  2) CH3C º CH

 3) CH3CH = CHBr  4) CH º CH

76) The most acidic hydrogen atoms are present in

 1) ethane  2) ethene

 3) ethyne  4) benzene

77) What happens when methane reacts with conc. HNO3 at high temperature?

 1) Nitromethane is formed  2) Methanol is formed

 3) CO2 and H2O are formed  4) CO and H2O are formed

78) Match the column I with column II to identify the products of oxidation of alkanes and mark the
appropriate choice.

 1) (A) ® (i), (B) ® (ii), (C) ® (iii), (D) ® (iv)

 2) (A) ® (ii), (B) ® (iii), (C) ® (iv), (D) ® (i)

 3) (A) ® (iv), (B) ® (i), (C) ® (ii), (D) ® (iii)

 4) (A) ® (iii), (B) ® (i), (C) ® (ii), (D) ® (iv)

79) Few reactions of alkanes are given below. Identify the name of the reaction which is not correctly matched with
the reaction.

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

80) The ease of dehydrohalogenation for different halogens is in the order

 1) iodide > bromide > chloride

 2) bromide > iodide > chloride

 3) chloride > bromide > iodide

 4) iodide > chloride > bromide

81) What are the products of dehydrohalogenation of 2-iodopentane?

 1) 2-Pentene(major), 1-Pentene(minor)

 2) 1-Pentene(major), 2-Pentene(minor)

 3) 2-Pentene(50%), 1-Pentene(50%)

 4) None of these

82) The compound formed when alcoholic solution of ethylene dibromide is heated with granulated zinc is

 1) ethene  2) ethyne

 3) ethane  4) bromoethane
83) Observe the following reactions and predict the products A and B

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

84) On heating C2H2 with red hot iron, the compound formed is

 1) Ethylene  2) Benzene

 3) Ethane  4) Methane

85) What is formed when calcium carbide reacts with heavy water?

 1) C2D2  2) CaD2

 3) Ca2D2O  4) CD2

86) The ortho/para directing group among the following is

 1) –COOH  2) –CN

 3) –COCH3  4) –NHCOCH3

87) Heating a mixture of sodium benzoate and soda lime gives

 1) Benzene  2) Methane

 3) Sodium benzoate  4) Calcium benzoate

88) Which one of the following heptanols can be dehydrated to hept-3-ene only?

 1) Heptan-3-ol  2) Heptan-4-ol

 3) Heptan-2-ol  4) Heptan-1-ol
89) Which of the following compounds will react with Na to form 4, 5-diethyloctane?

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

90)

 1) CH3 – CH2­– Cl  2) CH3 – CH2 - MgCl

 3) CH4  4) CH3 – CH3

91) All the following contribute to an increase in girth of dicots and gymnosperms except:

 1) Apical meristem  2) Lateral meristems

 3) Vascular cambium  4) Cork–cambium

92)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)
93) Identify the incorrect statement regarding the arithmetic growth?

 1) Following mitosis, both daughter cells continue to divide

 2) Can be exemplified by root elongating at a constant rate

 3) On plotting the length of the organ against time, a linear curve is obtained

 4) Mathematically it is expressed as Lt = L0 + rt

94) The shape of the growth curve characteristic of a living organism growing in natural environment is:

 1) Linear  2) Sigmoid

 3) Hyperbola  4) Bell shaped

95) Plant growth and further development is intimately linked to water status of the plant because:
A. Turgidity of cells helps in extension growth
B. It provides medium for enzymatic activity

 1) Both A and B are correct  2) Only A is correct

 3) Only B is correct  4) Both A and B are incorrect

96)

 1) Both leaves have shown different absolute growths

 2) First leaf has exhibited growth but second leaf has not as it is already senescent

 3) The relative growth of first leaf is more than that of the second leaf

 4) Both leaves have exhibited equal relative growths

97)

 1) Only I  2) Only II

 3) Both I and II  4) Neither I nor II

98) The growth in plants can be best expressed as

 1) Open  2) Determinate

 3) Closed  4) Redundant

99) Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of
structures. This ability is called:

 1) Efficiency index  2) Plasticity

 3) Norm of reaction  4) Developmental noise

100) Plasticity in plant growth means that

 1)  2) Plant growth is dependent on the

Plant roots are extensible
environment
 3) Stems can extend  4) None of the above

101) Assertion: Plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life.
Reason: Plants have meristems at certain locations in their body.

 1) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

 2) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

 3) Assertion is true but reason is false

 4) Both assertion and reason are false

102)

 1) Only I is correct  2) Only II is correct

 3) Both I and II are correct  4) Both I and II are incorrect

103) The exponential growth in plants can be expressed as: W1 = W0ert where ‘e’ denotes:

 1) Initial size at the beginning of the period  2) base of natural logarithms

 3) growth rate/elongation per unit time  4) time of growth

104) Formation of interfascicular cambium and cork cambium is possible most importantly because of:

 1) Differentiation  2) Dedifferentiation

 3) Redifferentiation  4) Reverse differentiation

105) To differentiate into a tracheary element, a plant cell:

I: would lose its protoplasm
II: develops a strong, elastic lignocellulosic secondary wall

 1) Only I is correct  2) Only II is correct

 3) Both I and II are correct  4) Both I and II are incorrect

106) In plants, the living differentiated cells, have lost the capacity of division can regain the capacity of
division under certain conditions. This phenomenon is termed as:

 1) Dedifferentiation  2) Proto–differentiation

 3) Redifferentiation  4) Secondary differentiation

107) To differentiate into a tracheary element, a cell would:

 1) Gain protoplasm  2) Become multinucleate

 3) Assimilate lot of collagen and elastin  4) Develop lignocellulosic secondary cell wall

108) Development is a term that includes all changes that a plant goes through during its life cycle:

 1) till germination of the seed  2) during its vegetative growth

 3) from germination till flowering  4) from germination to senescence

109) Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

110) Auxin does not:

 1) Help to initiate rooting in stem cuttings

 2) Promote female flowers in cucumbers

 3) Prevent fruit and leaf drop in early stages

 4) Promote abscission of older mature leaves and fruits

111) To extend their market period, fruits can be left on trees longer by the application of:

 1) Auxin  2) Gibberellins

 3) Cytokinin  4) ABA

112) Kinetin was first discovered from:

 1) Herring sperm DNA  2) Coconut milk

 3) Yeast extract  4) Corn kernels

113) Cytokinins help in delay of leaf senescence because they:

 1) Promote new leaves formation

 2) Help overcome apical dominance

 3) Help in chloroplast formation in leaves

 4) Promote nutrient mobilization

114) Normally, when the seeds are mature, ethylene production increases and builds–up within the fruit,
resulting in a climactic event that means:

 1) A sudden spurt of growth  2) Leaf expansion

 3) Rise in respiratory rate  4) Death of radicle

115) Which PGR is used to initiate flowering and for synchronizing fruit set in pineapple?

 1) Cytokinin  2) ABA

 3) Ethylene  4) GA

116) In most situations, which PGR acts as an antagonist to Gas?

 1) ABA  2) Ethylene

 3) Cytokinin  4) Giberrellin

117)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

118) The term synergistic action of hormones refers to

 1) When two hormones act together but bring about opposite effects.

 2) When two hormone act together and contribute to the same function.

 3) When one hormone affects more than one function.

 4) When many hormones bring about one function.

119) To promote stem elongation, gibberellins act in concert with:

 1) Auxins  2) Cytokinins

 3) Ethylene  4) ABA

120) Which of the following exhibits the highest rate respiration?

 1) Growing shoot apex  2) Germinating seed

 3) Root tip  4) Leaf bud

121) Cellular respiration includes:
I: Transport of gases from the respiratory surface to the cells
II: Breakdown of food material within the cell to release energy

III: Trapping of energy released during the breakdown of food material within the cell for synthesis of
ATP

 1) Only I and II  2) Only I and III

 3) Only II and III  4) I, II and III

122) Sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose by the enzyme:

 1) Sucrase  2) Aldolase

 3) Invertase  4) Zymase

123) What is the metabolic fate of pyruvate?

 1) It is the end product of glycolytic pathway

 2) It is reduced to acetyl CoA in the presence of oxygen

 3) It depends on the cellular needs

 4) It is decarboxylated in the cytosol

124) The number of metabolic steps in EMP pathway where glucose undergoes partial oxidation to form two
molecules of pyruvic acid is:

 1) 8  2) 9

 3) 10  4) 11

125) The net gain of number of ATP molecules during glycolysis will be:

 1) 2  2) 4

 3) 6  4) 8

126) In glycolysis, NAD+ is reduced to NADH + H+:

 1) during conversion of 1, 3 biphosphoglyceric acid to 3–phosphoglyceric acid

 2) during conversion of glyceraldehyde –3–phosphate to 1, 3 biphosphoglyceric acid

 3) during conversion of glucose to glucose–6–phospate

 4) during conversion of 3–phosphoglyceric acid to 2–phosphoglycerate

127) What is the number of ATP molecules produced when pyruvate is converted to lactate by fermentation?

 1) 0  2) 2

 3) 4  4) 38
128) Statement I: In alcohol fermentation in yeast, pyruvic acid decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase
convert pyruvic acid to carbon dioxide and ethanol.
Statement II: In lactic acid fermentation, lactate dehydrogenase reduces pyruvic acid to lactic acid and
carbon dioxide in muscle cells during exercise.

 1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

 2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

 3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

 4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

129) During the conversion of succinyl CoA to succinic acid in TCA cycle:

 1) One molecule of ATP is directly synthesized  2) NAD+ is reduced

 3) FAD is reduced  4) One molecule of GTP is synthesized

130) Ubiquinone receives reducing equivalents via:

I. Complex I

II. Complex II
III. Complex III

 1) Only I  2) Only I and II

 3) Only I and III  4) I, II and III

131) Cytochrome c is found:

 1) attached to outer surface of the inner  2) attached to inner surface of the inner
mitochondrial membrane mitochondrial membrane
 3) in the inter membrane space  4) in the mitochondrial matrix

132) Pyruvic acid, the key product of glycolysis can have many metabolic fates. Under aerobic condition, it
forms

 1) Lactic acid  2) CO2 + H2O

 3) Acetyl CoA + CO2  4) Ethanol + CO2

133) The outputs of the Krebs cycle do not include:

 1) NADP  2) FADH2

 3) ATP  4) CO2

134) Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate produces:

 1) CO2  2) Citrate

 3) Acetyl CoA  4) G3P

135) The stage of cellular respiration that directly involves oxygen is:

 1) glycolysis  2) at the end of ETC

 3) Krebs cycle  4) the phosphorylation of ADP to from ATP

136) In aerobic respiration, oxygen acts as:

I. Terminal electron acceptor
II. Terminal proton acceptor

 1) Only I  2) Only II

 3) Both I and II  4) Neither I nor II

137) FADH2 is produced in

 1) glycolysis  2) the oxidation of pyruvate

 3) the Krebs cycle  4) the electron transport chain

138) Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

139) What acts as the terminal electron acceptor when glucose is completely oxidised inside a cell in the
presence of oxygen?

 1) Hydrogen sulphide  2) Water

 3) Oxygen  4) Pyruvic acid

140) During aerobic respiration of one molecule of glucose, there can be a net gain of:

 1) 30 ATP molecules  2) 36 ATP molecules

 3) 38 ATP molecules  4) 40 ATP molecules

141) If fatty acids were to enter the respiratory pathway, they must be converted to a molecule with:

 1) Two carbons  2) Three carbons

 3) Five carbons  4) Six carbons

142) The respiratory pathway is best described as:

 1) Catabolic  2) Anabolic

 3) Amphibolic  4) Amphipathic

143) The correct descending order of the RQ value, when carbohydrates, proteins and fats are used as
respiratory substrate would be:

 1) Protein > Fats > Carbohydrates

 2) Protein > Carbohydrates > Fats

 3) Carbohydrates > Protein > Fats

 4) Fats > Carbohydrates > Protein

144) The hypothesis “Plants restore to the air whatever breathing animals and burning candles remove” was
given, after his experiments, by:

 1) Joseph Priestley  2) Jan Ingenhousz

 3) Julius von Sachs  4) C. B. Van Neil

145) When proteins are respiratory substrates, the respiratory quotient is about:

 1) 0.7  2) 0.9

 3) 1.0  4) 4.0

146) Julius von Sachs provided evidence for:

I. production of glucose when plants grow

II. location of green substance in plants in special bodies

Which of the following will be true in light of the information given above?
A. Glucose produced during photosynthesis is usually stored as cellulose in plants.
B. The ‘green substance’ refers to chlorophyll.
C. ‘Special bodies’ refer to chloroplasts in the plant cells.

 1) Only A and B  2) Only B and C

 3) Only A  4) A, B and C

147) Consider the following statements:

I. If fatty acids were to be respired they would enter the respiratory pathway as acetyl CoA.
II. Glycerol enters the respiratory pathway after being converted to PGAL.

III. Amino acids enter the respiratory pathway at some stage within the Krebs cycle but never as
pyruvate or acetyl CoA.

 1) Only II is incorrect  2) Only III is incorrect

 3) Both I and III are incorrect  4) I, II and III are correct

148) C. B. van Niel proved that:

 1) Plants produce glucose when they grow.

 2) Blue and red light are effective for photosynthesis.

 3) It is only the green parts of the plants that could release oxygen.

 4) Hydrogen from a suitable oxidizable compound reduces carbon dioxide to carbohydrates.

149) Statement I: Water molecules appear on both side of the equation for photosynthesis in higher plants.

Statement II: The water molecules that enter the reaction are not the same molecules that emerge
from the reaction.

 1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I

 2) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I

 3) Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect

 4) Both Statement I and Statement Ii are incorrect

150) Statement I: The membrane system is the site of enzymatic reactions leading to synthesis of sugar.

Statement II: The stroma is responsible for trapping the light energy and also for the synthesis of ATP
and NADPH.

 1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

 2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

 3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

 4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

151) The wavelengths of light most useful in photosynthesis are:

 1) green and orange  2) red and blue

 3) infrared and yellow  4) red and green

152)

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

153) The correct statements about photosynthesis include:

I. the light–dependent reactions can occur only in the light, the light–independent reactions only in the
dark

II. photorespiration is more efficient at producing glucose than is photosynthesis

III. the light–dependent reactions produce the energy–rich compounds that are used to run the light–
independent reactions

 1) I only  2) III only

 3) I and III only  4) II and III only

154) The ‘light reaction’ of photosynthesis in higher plants does not include:

 1) Light absorption  2) Water splitting and oxygen release

 3) Formation of ATP and NADPH  4) Fixation of carbon

155) The electrons needed to replace those removed from PS I are provided by:

 1) The LHC  2) Water

 3) NADPH  4) PS II
156) The splitting of water during oxygenic photosynthesis in higher plants:

I. is associated with PS II
II. releases one molecule of oxygen on splitting of two water molecules

III. releases protons and oxygen in the thylakoid lumen

 1) Only I and II are correct  2) Only I and III are correct

 3) Only II and III are correct  4) I, II and III are correct

157) Oxygen, during oxygenic photosynthesis, is produced during:

 1)  2) the light–dependent reactions involving

cyclic photophosphorylation
photosystems I and II
 3) Calvin cycle  4) the Krebs cycle

158) The products of non–cyclic photophosphorylation include:

 1) ATP and P700  2) ATP and NADPH

 3) ADP and NADP  4) P700 and P680

159) The correct sequence of flow of electrons in the light reaction is

 1) PSII, plastoquinone, cytochromes, PS I, ferredoxin

 2) PSI, plastoquinone, cytochromes, PS II, ferredoxin

 3) PSI, ferredoxin, PS II

 4) PSI, plastoquinone, PS-II, ferredoxin, cytochromes

160) The NADP reductase enzyme is located:

 1) within the thylakoid membrane

 2) on the stroma side of the thylakoid membrane

 3) on the lumen side of the thylakoid membrane

 4) in the thylakoid lumen

161) Regarding the thylakoid membrane:

I. Plastoquinone is located within the membrane

II. Plastocyanin is located on the inner lumen side of the membrane

III. NADP reductase is located on the stroma side of the membrane

 1) Only I and II are correct  2) Only I and III are correct

 3) Only II and III are correct  4) I, II and III are correct

162) How many carbon atoms does the primary carbon dioxide acceptor have in C3 photosynthesis?

 1) 2  2) 3

 3) 4  4) 5

163) Consider the following two statements regarding RuBisCO:

I. When carbon dioxide is the substrate, the product of the carboxylase reaction is finally two molecules
of glycerate–3–phosphate.

II. When molecular oxygen is the substrate, the products of the oxygenase reaction are two molecules
of phosphoglycolate.

 1) Only I is correct  2) Only II is correct

 3) Both I and II are correct  4) Both I and II are incorrect

164) How many ATP and NADPH are respectively required to make one molecule of glucose through the
Calvin pathway?

 1) 3 and 2  2) 6 and 6

 3) 9 and 6  4) 18 and 12

165) Identify the incorrect statement regarding the light independent reactions in photosynthesis:

 1) These reactions occur in the stroma.

 2) They use the products (ATP and NADPH) of light–dependent reactions.

 3) They occur in the absence of light and hence are called the dark reactions.

 4) The three phases are carbon fixation, reduction reactions, and ribulose 1,5–bisphosphate (RuBP)
regeneration.

166) The number of turns of Calvin cycle required to produce one molecule of Glyceraldehyde 3 Phosphate
is:

 1) 1  2) 2

 3) 3  4) 6

167) For the synthesis of glucose, the source of hydrogen atoms is:

 1) Water  2) NADPH

 3) FADH2  4) Monosaccharides

168) The correct chronological stages of the Calvin cycle will be:

 1) Carboxylation ® Reduction ® Regeneration

 2) Carboxylation ® Regeneration ® Reduction

 3) Regeneration ® Reduction ® Carboxylation

 4) Reduction ® Regeneration ® Carboxylation

169) RuBP is:

 1) 2 carbon ketose sugar  2) 2 carbon aldose sugar

 3) 5 carbon ketose sugar  4) 5 carbon aldose sugar

170) The primary CO2 acceptor in C4 plants is:

 1) RuBP in mesophyll cells  2) RuBP in bundle sheath cells

 3) PEP in mesophyll cells  4) PEP in bundle sheath cells

171) Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

 1)  2)

 3)  4)

172)

 1) Pyruvate; malate or aspartate

 2) Phosphoglycerate; fumarate or aspartate

 3) Phosphoenol pyruvate; malate or aspartate

 4) Phosphoenol pyruvate; fumarate or aspartate

173) Identify the incorrect statement regarding the comparison of C4 plants to the C3 plants:

 1) They tolerate higher temperatures

 2) They show a response to high light intensities

 3) They have a lower productivity of biomass

 4) They lack photorespiration

174) Which of the following is not a product of the light reaction of photosynthesis?

 1) Oxygen  2) NADH

 3) NADPH  4) ATP

175) In Hatch and Slack pathway:

I. The C4 acid OAA is formed in the mesophyll cells.

II. Malic acid or aspartic acid are transported to the bundle sheath cells.
III. C4 acids are broken down to release carbon dioxide and a 3 carbon molecule in mesophyll cells.

IV. The 3 carbon molecule is transported back to the bundle sheath cell where it is converted to PEP
again.

 1) Only I and II are correct  2) II, III and IV are incorrect

 3) Only I, II and III are correct  4) I, II, III and IV are correct

176) C4 plants are special. Which of the following will be true for C4 plants?

a. They have a special type of leaf anatomy

b. They tolerate higher temperature

c. They show a response to high light intensities
d. They lack a process called photorespiration

e. They have greater productivity of biomass

 1) All except [e]  2) [b], [c] and [d] only

 3) All  4) [a], [b], [d] and [e] only

177) The factors that can be limiting for the light independent reactions of photosynthesis are:

 1) CO2, temperature, and light  2) CO2, light, and water

 3) water, temperature, and CO2  4) oxygen, water, and temperature

178) What percentage in atmosphere of carbon dioxide can become damaging to plants over long periods?

 1) 0.03 to 0.04  2) 0.04 to 0.05

 3) 0.05  4) more than 0.05

179) Water affects the process of photosynthesis in higher plants because:

I. Water stress can cause the stomata to close, hence, reducing the carbon dioxide availability.
II. Water stress also makes leaves wilt, thus, reducing the surface area of the leaves and their metabolic
activity as well.

 1) Only I  2) Only II

 3) Both I and II  4) Neither I nor II

180)

 1) A and B only  2) A and C only

 3) B and C only  4) A, B and C