This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do leaves do for a plant? A) Attract pollinators. B) Absorb water. C) Transport nutrients. D) Make food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make food. 2. Which organelle stores water for use in photosynthesis? A) Vacuole. B) Canteen. C) Golgi. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacuole. 3. Which layer of the leaf is thin and transparent to allow light to penetrate? A) Palisade mesophyll. B) Spongy mesophyll. C) Upper epidermis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upper epidermis. 4. What characteristic sets heterotrophs apart from autotrophs? A) Heterotrophs obtain food from consuming other living or once-living things. B) Heterotrophs can be classified only as mammals. C) Heterotrophs use energy from the sun to make their own food. D) Heterotrophs obtain food through the process of photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotrophs obtain food from consuming other living or once-living things. 5. How do plants use the oxygen produced during photosynthesis? A) Plants absorb oxygen for growth and development. B) Plants release oxygen as a byproduct, which is used by humans and animals for respiration. C) Plants convert oxygen into carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. D) Plants store oxygen in their roots for later use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants release oxygen as a byproduct, which is used by humans and animals for respiration. 6. A graph that plots the rate at which CO2 is converted to glucose versus the wavelength of light illuminating a leaf is called A) An absorption spectrum. B) A Planck constant. C) An action spectrum. D) Enzyme kinetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An action spectrum. 7. Photosynthesis has two steps, what is needed in the first step but not in the 2nd? A) Glucose. B) Light. C) High pH. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 8. What colour does iodine go if starch is present A) Orange. B) Red. C) Black. D) Purple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black. 9. In photosynthetic cells, synthesis of ATP by chemiosmosis occurs during A) Photosynthesis only. B) Cellular respiration only. C) Both photosynthesis and cellular respiration. D) Photophosphorylation only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both photosynthesis and cellular respiration. 10. How do temperature changes influence photosynthesis? A) Temperature changes influence photosynthesis by affecting enzyme activity, increasing rates at optimal temperatures and decreasing them at extremes. B) Photosynthesis only occurs at high temperatures. C) Lower temperatures always enhance photosynthesis rates. D) Temperature changes have no effect on photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature changes influence photosynthesis by affecting enzyme activity, increasing rates at optimal temperatures and decreasing them at extremes. 11. Water splitting complex is associated with- A) Stroma. B) Inner membrane of chloroplast. C) Outer membrane of chloroplast. D) PSII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PSII. 12. Where is the possible site for cyclic photophosphorylation? A) In granal thylakoids / lamellae. B) In Stroma. C) In PSII. D) In stromal lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In stromal lamellae. 13. Kranz Anatomy is found in A) Seed. B) Flower. C) Leaves. D) Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaves. 14. What gives plants their green color? A) Water. B) Chlorophyll. C) Stomata. D) The roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll. 15. Why gives the different leaf colors in the fall? A) Increased production of chlorophyll. B) Decreased chlorophyll concentration, allowing carotenoids to show. C) Changing waterfall amounts in the fall compared to summer. D) Increased glucose production in plants as they prepare for winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreased chlorophyll concentration, allowing carotenoids to show. 16. Study the following statements regarding chl a molecule. (i) Molecular formula of chl a is C55H72O5N4Mg. (ii) It is the primary photosynthesis pigments. (iii) In pure state, it is red in colour and thus it absorbs more blue wave lengths of light than the red wavelength. (iv) It is soluble in water as well as petroleum ether. Which of the above statements is/are not correct? A) (1) (i) and (iii). B) (iii) and (iv). C) (ii) only. D) (iv) only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (iii) and (iv). 17. Which pigment molecule forms the reaction centre in both photosystems? A) Carotenoids. B) Xanthophylls. C) Chlorophyll b. D) Chlorophyll a. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorophyll a. 18. Plant cells use sunlight to make their own food. Which structure allows plant cells to perform this function? A) Mitochondrion. B) Vacuole. C) Chloroplast. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplast. 19. Who, after conducting experiments on purple and green sulphur bacteria, inferred that O2 evolved during photosynthesis comes from H2O not from CO2? A) Blackman. B) Engelmann. C) Sachs. D) Van Niel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Van Niel. 20. What is the gas we breath out that plants use for photosynthesis? A) Sulfur. B) Oxygen. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 21. ..... is a stack of thylakoids A) Chloroplast. B) Stomata. C) Stroma. D) Granum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Granum. 22. What is the main method used to separate the leaf pigments of any green plant? A) Distillation. B) Paper chromatography. C) Electrophoresis. D) Centrifugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper chromatography. 23. Stromal lamellae lack- A) PSII. B) PSI. C) NADP reductase. D) A and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and c. 24. If green plant cells are incubated with O18-labelled CO2, what molecule will become radioactive as the cells are exposed to light? A) Water. B) O$_{2}$. C) Sugar. D) ATP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sugar. 25. Which of the following is not a product of light reaction of photosynthesis? A) NADPH. B) Oxygen. C) ATP. D) NADH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NADH. 26. Where do the light-dependent reactions occur? A) Thylakoid membrane. B) Mesophyll. C) Mitochondria. D) Stroma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thylakoid membrane. 27. Which part of the plant cell transforms light into glucose to use as food? A) Mitochondria. B) Chloroplasts. C) Vacuoles. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplasts. 28. What pigment absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis? A) Thylakoid. B) Chloroplast. C) Grana. D) Chlorophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorophyll. 29. Where does carbon dioxide and oxygen enter the leaf? A) Top of the leaf. B) Veins of the leaf. C) Bottom of the leaf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottom of the leaf. 30. Where do the reactions of photosynthesis take place in autotrophs? A) Chloroplast. B) Mitochondria. C) Cell Walls. D) CytoplasmTagsPhotosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chloroplast. 31. The raw materials or reactants of photosynthesis are A) Sugar and water. B) Sugar and oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide and water. D) Carbon dioxide and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide and water. 32. The first stage of photosynthesis captures energy from the ..... to break down water molecules A) Light. B) Sun. C) Water. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 33. Z scheme show the transfer of electrons involving A) Bundle sheath cell. B) PS I. C) PS II. D) Both 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 2 and 3. 34. What would happen to a plant if it can't undergo any photosynthesis? A) It will die. B) It can't undergo respiration. C) Stored food will be used. D) Nothing, as there are glucose around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stored food will be used. 35. Which process is considered to be a part of the carbon cycle? A) Condensation. B) Photosynthesis. C) Precipitation. D) Metamorphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 36. All the reaction from the reduction of CO2 to the formation of sugar are included in A) Photolysis. B) Dark reaction. C) Light reaction. D) Hill reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark reaction. 37. What provides the energy needed for photosynthesis? A) Plants. B) Water. C) Atoms. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 38. Most of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere was produced by- A) Photosynthesis. B) A big explosion. C) Digestion. D) Metabolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 39. Who used prism, white light, green alga, Cladophora and aerobic bacteria and plotted the action spectra for photosynthesis A) Arnon. B) Sachs. C) Englemann. D) Arnold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Englemann. 40. What are the main products of the light-dependent reactions? A) Oxygen, glucose, and pyruvate. B) Carbon dioxide, NADH, and glucose. C) Oxygen, ATP, and NADPH. D) Glucose, ATP, and FADH2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen, ATP, and NADPH. 41. The energy to cause a conformational change in F1 particle of ATPase comes directly from A) Break down of electron gradient. B) ATP. C) Breakdown of the proton gradient. D) PSI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breakdown of the proton gradient. 42. Mesophyll cells contain ..... A) Autotrophs. B) Chlorophyll. C) Stomata. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloroplast. 43. Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration occurs in plants. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Pigment containing membranous extensions in some cyanobacteria are A) Heterocysts. B) Basal bodies. C) Pneumatophores. D) Chromatophores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chromatophores. 45. What is the primary purpose of the light-dependent reactions in photosynthesis? A) To convert light energy into chemical energy. B) To fix carbon dioxide into organic molecules. C) To produce glucose directly. D) To release oxygen as a byproduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convert light energy into chemical energy. 46. Reactions that consume CO2 take place in A) The light reactions of photosynthesis only. B) The calvin cycle only. C) The light reactions and the calvin cycle. D) The calvin cycle and the citric acid cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The calvin cycle only. 47. Which of the following statements about the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration is true? A) In cellular respiration the biochemical pathwaysof photosynthesis run in reverse. B) In photosynthesis the biochemical pathways ofcellular respiration run in reverse. C) Cellular respiration occurs only in animals andphotosynthesis occurs only in plants. D) Cellular respiration is catabolic andphotosynthesis is anabolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cellular respiration is catabolic andphotosynthesis is anabolic. 48. Shane wants to studying factors that directly effect photosynthesis, what variable change below would best help Shane with his studies? A) Changing the location of each organism. B) Changing the amount of water each organism receives. C) Changing the way he measures the photosynthesis rate. D) Changing the amount of oxygen available to each organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changing the amount of water each organism receives. 49. What does a taproot do? A) It sends vibrations up to the leaves. B) It makes carbon dioxide. C) It lets oxygen out of the plant. D) It pushes deep into the soil to anchor the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It pushes deep into the soil to anchor the plant. 50. Immediately after light becomes unavailable biosynthetic processes- A) Stop immediately. B) Remain continued for ever. C) Stop and then starts. D) Continue for some time and then stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continue for some time and then stops. 51. Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor for photosynthesis? (It is not needed for photosynthesis) A) Light. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 52. In positive gravitropism, which way would the root system grow? A) Root system-away from lightshoot system-towards light. B) Root system-away from gravityshoot system-towards gravity. C) Root system-towards lightshoot system-away from light. D) Root system-towards gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root system-towards gravity. 53. Which one of the following is NOT the accessory pigment of photosynthesis? A) Chlorophyll b. B) Chlorophyll a. C) Both chlorophyll a and b. D) Carotenoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll a. 54. As a research scientist, you measure the amount of ATP and NADPH consumed by the Calvin cycle in 1 hour. You find 30, 000 molecules of ATP consumed, but only 20, 000 molecules of NADPH. Where did the extra ATP molecules come from? A) Non-cyclic electron flow. B) Photosystem II. C) Photosystem I. D) Cyclic electron flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyclic electron flow. 55. A student is collecting the gas given off from a plant in bright sunlight at a temperature of 27$^\circ$C. The gas being collected is probably ..... A) ATP. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 56. An organism that eats both plants and animals are know as a A) Herbivore. B) Decomposer. C) Carnivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnivore. 57. What is the major limiting factor for photosynthesis mentioned in the text? A) Oxygen concentration. B) Carbon dioxide concentration. C) Water availability. D) Light intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide concentration. 58. In a plant cell, where are ATP synthase complexes located? A) Thylakoid membranes only. B) Inner mitochondrial membranes only. C) Thylakoid membrane and inner mitochondrial membranes. D) Thylakoid membrane and plasma membranes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thylakoid membrane and inner mitochondrial membranes. 59. Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants A) ) have higher rates of photorespiration. B) Can continue to fix CO2 even at relatively low CO2 concentrations and high oxygen concentrations. C) Do not use rubisco for carbon fixation. D) Grow better under cool, moist conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can continue to fix CO2 even at relatively low CO2 concentrations and high oxygen concentrations. 60. Which organisms are known to perform photosynthesis? A) Plants, algae, and some bacteria. B) Insects, reptiles, and amphibians. C) Fungi, viruses, and mammals. D) Mushrooms, yeast, and worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants, algae, and some bacteria. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 1Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 3Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 4Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 5Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 6Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 7Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 8Class 11 Biology Chapter 13 Photosynthesis In Higher Plants Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books