This set of Biochemistry Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Central Photochemical Event: Light-Driven Electron Flow”.
1. A chlorophyll-like accessory pigment lacking Mg+2 is ____________
a) Pheophytin
b) Cytochrome c
c) Plastocyanin
d) Ferredoxin
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Explanation: Pheophytin is a chlorophyll-like accessory pigment lacking Mg+2.
2. A soluble Cu-containing electron transfer protein is ____________
a) Pheophytin
b) Cytochrome c
c) Plastocyanin
d) Ferredoxin
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Explanation: Plastocyanin is a soluble Cu-containing electron transfer protein.
3. Photosystem II is a ____________
a) Pheophytin-quinone type
b) Ferredoxin type
c) Plastocyanin type
d) Plastocyanin-ferredoxin type
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Explanation: Photosystem II is a pheophytin-quinone type of system.
4. Which of the following describes the complete route by which electrons flow H2O to NADP+?
a) Z scheme
b) A scheme
c) B scheme
d) X scheme
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Explanation: Z scheme describes the complete route by which electrons flow H2O to NADP+.
5. Plastoquinol formed in PSII is oxidized by ____________
a) Cytochrome b6f
b) Cytochrome c
c) Cytochrome f
d) Cytochrome h
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Explanation: Plastoquinol formed in PSII is oxidized by cytochrome b6f complex.
6. A mobile, lipid soluble carrier of two electrons present in chloroplasts is ____________
a) PQB
b) Q
c) Cytochrome c
d) Plastocyanin
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Explanation: Q is present in mitochondria; cytochrome c and plastocyanin are water-soluble protein that carries one electron.
7. A mobile, lipid soluble carrier of two electrons present in mitochondria is ____________
a) PQB
b) Q
c) Cytochrome c
d) Plastocyanin
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Explanation: PQB is present in chloroplasts; cytochrome c and plastocyanin are water-soluble protein that carries one electron.
8. A water-soluble protein that carries one electron present in mitochondria is ____________
a) PQB
b) Q
c) Cytochrome c
d) Plastocyanin
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Explanation: PQB and Q are lipid-soluble protein; plastocyanin is present in chloroplast.
9. A water-soluble protein that carries one electron present in the chloroplast is ____________
a) PQB
b) Q
c) Cytochrome c
d) Plastocyanin
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Explanation: PQB and Q are lipid-soluble protein; cytochrome c is present in mitochondria.
10. Cyanobacteria does not use which of the following for both oxidative and photophosphorylation?
a) Cytochrome c6
b) Cytochrome b6f
c) Plastoquinone
d) Plastocyanin
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Explanation: Cyanobacteria use cytochrome c6, cytochrome b6f and plastoquinone for both oxidative and photophosphorylation.
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