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What is the evidence to show that O2 released during photosynthesis comes form water?

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Important Questions on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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The process which makes a major difference between C3 and C4 plants is:
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A plant in your garden avoids photorespiratory losses, has improved water use efficiency, shows high rates of photosynthesis at high temperatures and has improved efficiency of nitrogen utilization. In which of the following physiological groups would you assign this plant?
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Which of the following biomolecules is common to respiration mediated breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins?
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Match the following lists.
  List-I   List-II
A Sunlight is essential to the plant process that purifies air fouled by breathing animals I Melvin Calvin
B Bacteria were used to detect the sites of O2 evolution II Sachs
C Evidence for the production of glucose III Priestley
D Role of air in the growth of green plants IV Ingenhousz
    V Engelman
    VI Neil

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Which one of the following options is true in photosynthesis?
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 What precautions do you take while conducting an experiment on root pressure?

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With reference to factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis, which of the following statements is not correct?
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Study the following lists and match the discoveries and/or inventions made by the scientists during 20th  century

   List - I     List - II
(a) Oxygen evolution from H2O in photosynthesis (i) Benson
(b) C3 path way of Carbon assimilation (ii) V.S. Rama Das
(c) Contribution to C4 -photosynthesis (iii) Robert Hill
(d) Artificial synthesis of genes (iv) Hara Govind Khorana
    (v) Frankel Conrat

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If  14CO2 is added to a suspension of photosynthesizing chloroplasts, which of the following will be the first compound to be radioactive?
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A chromatography column, packed with silica gel as stationary phase, was used to separate a mixture of compounds consisting of A benzanilide B aniline and C acetophenone. When the column is eluted with a mixture of solvents, hexane:ethyl acetate 20:80 , the sequence of obtained compounds is:
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Emerson's enhancement effect and red drop have been instrumental in the discovery of:
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Assertion (A): When a green alga Cladophora is placed in a suspension of aerobic bacteria, on the illumination of different lights, only at the blue and red light bacteria accumulated.
Reason (R): The bacteria release O2 by the process of photosynthesis.
The correct option among the following is: