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Questions Related to cellular respiration

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
With the increase in temperature, the respiratory rate will

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  1. decrease slowly

  2. decrease rapidly

  3. increase

  4. remain unaffected

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As the temperature increases, the kinetic energy also increases and this increases the rate of reactions. Due to this the rate of cellular respiration also increases. So, the correct option is 'increase'.

Anaerobic process that takes place after glycolysis is called as

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  1. TCA

  2. Calvin cycle

  3. Krebs cycle

  4. Fermentation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Anaerobic process after glycolysis is called as fermentation. Fermentation could be defined as a metabolic process, that converts sugar into acids, gases and alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, but also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation.

What is common in common pathway of aerobic respiration

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  1. Glycolysis in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration

  2. Krebs cycle common with HMP

  3. Terminal oxidation in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration

  4. Krebs cycle in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aerobic respiration is the oxidative breakdown of respiratory substrates with the help of atmospheric oxygen. It takes place in three steps: Glycolysis, Kreb's cycle and electron transport chain. Anaerobic respiration is the breakdown of respiratory substrates in the absence of atmospheric oxygen. The first step of aerobic respiration as well as anaerobic respiration is same and takes place in the cytoplasm of cells. Glycolysis is the common pathway of both the processes in which glucose is broken down anaerobically into two molecules of pyruvic acid. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Read the following four statements (A-D)
A) In fermentation, less than seven percent of the energy in glucose is released
B) Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell and is present only in anaerobic organisms
C) The number of ATP molecules synthesized in ETS depends on the nature of the electron donor
D) In glycolysis, glucose undergoes coin, complete oxidation to form two molecules pyruvic acid
How Many of the above statements are correct?

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  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A) In fermentation, less than seven percent of the energy in glucose is released because only two ATPs are produced at this stage compared to the total number of 32 ATPs in aerobic respiration. The percentage of energy produced is thus (2/32)*100=6.25%.


C) When electrons are transferred from one carrier to next carrier via complexes I to IV in ETS, they are coupled to the production of proton motive force by transport of protons from the lumen to the inner mitochondrial membrane. The number of protons displaced will ultimately determine the number of ATP molecules that will be produced, i.e. for NADH it will be 2.5 and for FADH2 it will be 1.5.


So, the correct option is '2'.

If one triose phosphate completely oxidized inside the prokaryotic cell, then the net gain of ATP of energy is equal to

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  1. $5$ ATP

  2. $4$ ATP

  3. $20$ ATP

  4. $19$ ATP

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If one triose phosphate completely oxidized inside the prokaryotic cell, then the net gain of ATP of energy is equal to the summation of the ATPs produced at different steps. In the glycolysis step 2 ATP and 1 NADH will be produced followed by 1 NADH in the gateway reaction and 1 GTP, 3 NADH and 1 FADH2 in the TCA cycle. This will add up to 20 ATPs.


So, the correct option is '20 ATP'.

The total number of ATP's formed when one molecule of glucose is oxidized to $CO _2$ to $H _2 O $ is

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  1. 32

  2. 38

  3. 42

  4. 40

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
One molecule of the glucose that enters in the glycolysis produces 2 molecules pyruvate and 2 molecules of NADH$ _{2}$ and 2 ATP.  2 molecules of pyruvate will form 2 molecules of Acetyl Co-A and this will release 2 NADH$ _{2}$. These 2 Acetyl Co-A will enter into Kreb's cycle and will release 6NADH$ _{2}$, 2FADH$ _{2}$ and 2ATP.
so, the total gain before the ETC (electron transport chain) comes out to be  10NADH$ _{2}$, 2FADH$ _{2}$ and 4ATP.
Now, during the electron transport chain, 
10NADH$ _{2}$ will give 10 X 3=30 ATP
2FADH$ _{2}$ will give 2 X 2= 4 ATP
So, 34 ATP from ETC and 4 ATP from Kreb's cycle will be 38 ATP.
Hence, the correct answer is '38'

Total $ATP$ through aerobic EMP pathway can be

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  1. $6$

  2. $10$

  3. $2$

  4. $8$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Glycolysis is also known as 'EMP pathway'. It was discovered by three scientist Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and Jakub Karol Parnas. That's why glycolysis is also known as the EMP pathway. In the EMP pathway, total 8 ATP are produced.

So, the correct answer is '8 ATP'.

Hydrogen acceptor in cellular respiration is 

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  1. NAD

  2. FAD

  3. NADP

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

NAD (Nicotinamide adenine nucleotide) is an electron carrier. It is reduced by accepting a single hydrogen atom and an electron pair from H$ _2$ atom and other electron freed into the medium. NAD is reduced to NADH in citric acid cycle and glycolysis.
FAD (Flavin adenine dinucleotide) is an electron carrier. It is reduced by accepting a full hydrogen H$ _2$ atom. The FAD is reduced to  FADH$ _2$ in the citric acid cycle.
NADP is also an electron carrier. NADP is reduced into NADPH in the photosynthesis.
So, the correct answer is ' NAD & FAD '.

For glycolysis to continue,all cells require

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  1. O2

  2. Mitochondria

  3. ETS

  4. NADP+

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Glycolysis is the only process of extraction of energy in anaerobic organisms. Thus, It never requires O$ _2$ for its completion. Since the process takes place solely in cytoplasm so never requires any other organelle for its completion. As ETS takes place in mitochondria so it never takes part in glycolysis. For uninterrupted working of glycolysis, we require NADP$^+$ as it is required for the production of NADP$^+$+H$^+$ during conversion of 3-Phosphoglyceraldehyde to 1,3-bisphospho glyceraldehyde. 

So, the correct answer to the question is 'NADP$^+$'.

The net gain of ATP molecules through glycolysis is

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  1. 6

  2. 4

  3. 8

  4. 36

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Although four ATP molecules are produced in the second half, the net gain of glycosis is only two ATP because two ATP molecules are used in the first half of glycosis.
Glycosis produces 2 ATP, 2 NADH, and 2 pyruvate molecules.
2ATP + 2 NADP $\rightarrow$ 8 ATP
So, the correct answer is '8 ATP'.