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Botany

C4 Cycle Hatch Slack Pathway

Low Priority
Consistency: 35%
Weightage: 7 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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Questions
8 MCQs

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PYQ 2007
easy
botany ID: neet-200

In the leaves of C4 plants, malic acid formation during CO2 fixation occurs in the cells of:
1. mesophyll
2. bundle sheath
3. phloem
4. epidermis

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PYQ 2008
medium
botany ID: neet-200
The C4-plants are photosynthetically more efficient than C3-plants because:
1. the CO2 compensation point is more
2. CO2 generated during photorespiration is trapped and recycled through PEP carboxylase
3. The CO2 efflux is not prevented
4. They have more chloroplasts
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PYQ 2008
easy
botany ID: neet-200
In leaves of C4 plants, malic acid synthesis during CO2 fixation occurs in:
1. epidermal cells 2. mesophyll cells
3. bundle sheath 4. guard cells
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PYQ 2010
medium
botany ID: neet-201

C4-plants are more efficient in photosynthesis than C3-plants due to:

1. higher leaf area
2. presence of larger number of chloroplasts in the leaf cells
3. presence of thin cuticle
4. lower rate of photorespiration

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PYQ 2017
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2 acceptor in:
1. C4 plants
2. C2 plants
3. C3 and C4 plants
4. C3 plants

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06
PYQ 2020
easy
botany ID: neet-202

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

1. RuBisCO is a bifunctional enzyme
2. In C4 plants, the site of RuBisCO activity is mesophyll cell
3. The substrate molecule for RuBisCO activity is a 5-carbon compound
4. RuBisCO action requires ATP and NADPH

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07
PYQ 2021
easy
botany ID: neet-202

The first stable product of CO2 fixation in sorghum is:

1. Succinic acid

2. Phosphoglyceric acid

3. Pyruvic acid

4. Oxaloacetic acid

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PYQ 2022
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The primary acceptor in plants is phosphoenolpyruvate and is found in the mesophyll cells.
Statement II: Mesophyll cells in plants lack RuBisCO enzyme.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
4. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
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