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Section A 6 The reaction 2 in the given figure is catalysed by the

enzyme:
1 Identify the correct statements:
I: Only green plants can prepare their own food.
II: In green plants all cells, tissues and organs
photosynthesise.
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

2 Consider the given two statements:

Assertion: ATP acts as the energy currency of the cell.
Reason: ATP is a ribonucleoside triphosphate.
1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
explains Assertion.
1. Pyruvate decarboxylase
2. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
2. Pyruvate kinase
3. Both Assertion and Reason are true Bur Reason does
3. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
not correctly explain Assertion.
4. Pyruvate synthetase
4. Assertion is false but Reason is true.

3 In anaerobic organisms, the only process in 7 During fermentation Yeasts poison themselves to
death when the concentration of alcohol reaches about:
respiration is:
1. 5 percent
1. EMP pathway
2. 13 per cent
2. Hatch and Slack pathway
3. 22 per cent
3. Tricarboxylic acid cycle
4. 44 per cent
4. Calvin Benson cycle

4 Sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose by 8 In aerobic respiration, passing on of the electrons
removed as part of the hydrogen atoms to molecular O2
the enzyme:
1. Lactase with simultaneous synthesis of ATP, is associated with:
2. Zymase 1. Outer mitochondrial membrane
3. Diastase 2. Inner mitochondrial membrane
4. Invertase 3. Mitochondrial matrix
4. Cytosol
5 The step in the glycolytic pathway where NADH +
9 Pyruvate, which is formed by the glycolytic
H+ is formed from NAD+ is when:
catabolism of carbohydrates in the cytosol:
1. fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate is split into
1. undergoes oxidative decarboxylation in cytosol itself
dihydroxyacetone phosphate and 3-
by a complex set of reactions catalysed by pyruvic
phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGAL)
kinase.
2. 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGAL) is converted to 1,
2. undergoes reduction in cytosol itself by a complex set
3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPGA)
of reactions catalysed by pyruvic dehydrogenase.
3. BPGA is converted to 3-phosphoglyceric acid (PGA)
3. undergoes oxidative decarboxylation in mitochondrial
4. PEP is converted to pyruvic acid
matrix by a complex set of reactions catalysed by
pyruvic dehydrogenase.
4. undergoes oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondrial
matrix by a complex set of reactions catalysed by
pyruvic decarboxylase.

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10 In the TCA cycle, a molecule of GTP is synthesised: 16 Oxidation of one molecule of NADH gives rise to ­‐
1. During the first oxidative decarboxylation reaction ____ molecules of ATP, while that of one molecule of
2. During the second oxidative decarboxylation reaction FADH2 produces _____ molecules of ATP.
3. During the condensation of acetyl group with 1. 3 and 2 respectively
oxaloacetic acid (OAA) and water to yield citric acid 2. 2 and 3 respectively
4. During the conversion of succinyl-CoA to succinic 3. 1 and 2 respectively
acid 4. 2 and 1 respectively

11 In the mitochondrial ETS, ubiquinone receives 17 Regarding ATP synthase (complex V):
reducing equivalents from: I: The F1 headpiece is a peripheral membrane protein
I: Complex I
complex and contains the site for synthesis of ATP from
II: Complex II
ADP and inorganic phosphate.
III: Complex III
II: F0 is an integral membrane protein complex that
IV: Complex IV
1. Only I and II forms the channel through which protons cross the inner
2. Only III and IV membrane.
3. Only I, II and III III: The F0 headpiece is a peripheral membrane protein
4. Only II, III and IV complex and contains the site for synthesis of ATP from
ADP and inorganic phosphate.
12 Which of the following is the Complex III of the IV: F1 is an integral membrane protein complex that
mitochondrial ETS? forms the channel through which protons cross the inner
1. NADH dehydrogenase membrane.
2. Succinic dehydrogenase 1. I and II are correct
3. Cytochrome bc1 complex 2. III and IV are correct
4. Cytochrome c oxidase 3. I and III are correct
4. II and IV are correct
13 Cytochrome c in the mitochondrial ETS is located:
1. within the inner mitochondrial membrane S ection B
2. on the outer surface of the inner mitochondrial
membrane 18 Consider the given two statements:
3. on the inner surface of the inner mitochondrial Assertion: It is possible to make calculations of the net
membrane gain of ATP for every glucose molecule oxidised; but in
4. in the mitochondrial matrix reality this can remain only a theoretical exercise.
Reason: These calculations can be made only on certain
14 The reduced ubiquinone (ubiquinol) in the assumptions that are not really valid in a living system.
mitochondrial ETS is oxidised with the transfer of 1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
electrons to: correctly explains the Assertion
1. cytochrome c via succinic dehydrogenase 2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not
2. cytochrome c via cytochrome bc1 complex the correct explanation of the Assertion
3. cytochrome bc1 via cytochrome aa3 3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
4. Assertion is false but Reason is true
4. cytochrome bc1 via cytochrome b6f
19 There can be a net gain of ­____ ATP molecules
15 In the Complex I of mitochondrial ETS, electrons
during aerobic respiration of one molecule of glucose
from NADH are first passed on to: [Give figure of NCERT textbook]:
1. Fe-S 1. 30
2. FMN 2. 36
3. FAD 3. 38
4. Cua 4. 40

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20 Correct comparisons between fermentation and 24 Consider the given two statements:
aerobic respiration will include: Assertion: When carbohydrates are used as respiratory
I: Fermentation accounts for only a partial breakdown of substrate and are completely oxidised, the RQ will be 1.
glucose whereas in aerobic respiration it is Reason: Equal amounts of CO2 and O2 are evolved and
completely degraded to CO2 and H2O. consumed, when carbohydrates are used as respiratory
II. In fermentation there is a net gain of only two substrate and are completely oxidised.
molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose 1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
degraded to pyruvic acid whereas many more molecules correctly explains the Assertion
of ATP are generated under aerobic conditions. 2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not
III: NADH is oxidised to NAD+ rather slowly in the correct explanation of the Assertion
fermentation, however the reaction is very vigorous in 3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
case 4. Assertion is false but Reason is true
of aerobic respiration.
1. Only I and II 25 The number of points in the TCA cycle where
2. Only I and III FAD+ is reduced to FADH2 is:
3. Only II and III
1. 1
4. I, II and III
2. 2
3. 3
21 Glycerol enters the respiratory catabolic pathway 4. 4
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23 Consider the given two statements: NEETprep course
Assertion: It is better to consider the respiratory pathway
as an amphibolic pathway rather than only as a catabolic
one.
Reason: Breaking down processes within the living
organism is catabolism, and synthesis is anabolism.
1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
correctly explains the Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not
the correct explanation of the Assertion
3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
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