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Which of the following scientists concluded by his experiments that green plant play a role in  purifying the noxious air only in the presence of sunlight?
  1. Priestley

  2. Ingenhousz

  3. Sachs

  4. Engelmann


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799), in his experiment with an aquatic plant, showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts while in the dark, no such bubbles formed. He found out these bubbles to be of oxygen. He thus, confirmed that purification of air or formation of dephlogiston is carried out by green plants only in presence of sunlight. 

In 1772, Joseph Priestley demonstrated that

  1. Plants foul the air

  2. Animals purify the air during day time

  3. Plants and animals restore air for each other

  4. Plants get killed in the air produced by animals


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen which is used by the plant and animals. He demonstrated that plants liberate oxygen as a product during photosynthesis and that oxygen is utilised by the animals during respiration. Further, plant consumes the carbon dioxide, exhaled by the animals, to carry out photosynthesis. Thus plants and animals restore air for each other.
So the correct answer is 'Plants and animals restore air for each other'.

Hydrilla leaf is used in an experiment to test that

  1. Chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.

  2. Light is necessary for photosynthesis.

  3. CO$ _{2}$ is necessary for photosynthesis.

  4. Oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To test that oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis few fresh Hydrilla plants in a glass beaker filled with water. A pinch of KHCO$ _{3}$ is added to it. It is kept in sunlight. After some time some bubbles (oxygen) escapes from the plant. This proves that oxygen is produced during the photosynthesis. It is evolved during the light reaction of the photosynthesis.

So, the correct answer is option D.

How many molecules of water are needed by a green plant to produce one molecule of hexose reduce $6$ molecules of $CO _{2}$?

  1. $6$

  2. $12$

  3. $24$

  4. Only one


Correct Option: A

Oxygen evolution takes place during photosynthesis in green plants but not in bacterial photosynthesis, because _________________.

  1. Bacteria are prokaryotic and green plants are eukaryotic

  2. Only photo system I is present in bacterial photosynthesis

  3. Bacterial cell wall composition is different from green plant cell wall

  4. Rate of $O _2$ consumption in bacteria is higher than that in green plants


Correct Option: A

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Richnmond lang effect $1$. Reversal of red-drop
b. Emerson effect $2$. Inhabitation of glycolysis by oxygen
c. Pasteur effect $3$. Inhibition of photosynthesis by oxygen
d. Warburg effect $4$. Senscescence retardation in detached leaves
  1. A-$1$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$3$

  2. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$3$, D-$2$

  3. A-$1$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$2$

  4. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$3$


Correct Option: A

The upper dormant seeds of cocklebur(Xanthium) germinate only under high oxygen levels. The oxygen is required for _______________.

  1. Degradation of inhibitors

  2. Synthesis of promoters

  3. Respiration

  4. Photorespiration


Correct Option: A
Ingenhousz in an experiment showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts of the plant, while in the dark, they did not. He identified these bubbles to be of ____________.
  1. $CO _{2}$

  2. $H _{2} O $

  3. $O _{2} $

  4. $H _{2} $


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799), in his experiment with an aquatic plant, showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts while in the dark, no such bubbles formed. He found out these bubbles to be of oxygen. He thus, confirmed that purification of air or formation of dephlogiston is carried out by green plants only in presence of sunlight. 

A beaker is filled with water and twigs of Hydrilla are inserted in the funnel so that the cut ends are in the tube of the funnel and the funnel is put in the water. Then a test tube full of water is inverted over the inverted funnel. Air bubbles from the plant collect at the tip of the tube. This experiment demonstrates that oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis. But, if boiled water is used instead of pond water in which Hydrilla grows, then?

  1. Air bubbles are not produced

  2. Air bubbles are produced in large numbers

  3. Only a few air bubbles are produced

  4. Only one air bubble is produced


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If boiled water is used in the test tube, there will be no air bubbles. This is hydrilla cannot survive the high temperature of boiled water. 

So, option A is the correct answer.