M.

Sc question paper

(Biochemistry II semester)

Short question

Nitrogen fixation

1. How protection of nitrogenise against damage of O2 in non-symbiotic occurs.

2. What is leghemoglobin? Role in protection mechanism in symbiotic systems.
3. Define nitrification and denitrification.

Photosynthesis

1. What is Emerson effect? How has the discovery helped in understanding the

mechanism of light reaction in photorespiration?

2. Discuss the various steps involved in photorespiration.

3. What is photorespiration, why it is called necessary evil.
4. What is the regulatory mechanism of rubisco under high: low concentration of O2/CO2 ratio?
5. Discuss the steps for and ATP synthesis in photosynthesis.
6. Difference between cyclic and on cyclic photophosphorylation.

Secondary metabolites

1. What is tannin? How hydrolyzed tannin differ with condensed tannins.

2. Define phenol compound .what are its main compounds.

Plant cell structure and function

1. Write structural component of eukaryotic ribosome and its function.

2. Write note on golgi- complex and its function.
3. How SER is differ from RER.
4. Draw the neat diagram of mitochondria and name enzyme involved in plant metabolism.
5. Which one of the lipid bilayer model is most accepted? Discuss it.

Plant growth regulator

1. Write down the immediate precursor of phytohormone and its important function.
 2. What are the growth hormones uses as selective weediside?
3. What is avena curvature test?
4. Write notes on growth inhibitor
5. What is cytokine? Discuss their important to plant.

Biochemistry of disease resistance

1. What are the biochemical changes occurs while pathogen encounter.

2. Discuss gene to gene hypothesis.

Physiology of seed ripening

1. Discuss key biosynthesis steps genetically modified to delay the fruit ripening.

Long question

1. What is biological N2- fixation? Its type and important factor needed to N2 fixation. Discuss briefly
with suitable example.
2. What is reductive pentose phosphate pathway reaction .write enzyme involved in CO2 reduction cycle.
3. Briefly discuss C4 pathway. How C4 plants differ with C3 plants.
4. What is isoperenoids? Classified the main class of isoperinoids found in plant with suitable example
and functions.
5. What are plant growth hormones? Discuss biosynthetic pathway of auxin and its function. Write few
natural and synthetic auxins.
6. Give brief accounts on gibberellins, their distribution, molecular mechanism in seed germination and
role of endogenous gibberellins.
7. Diagrammatically explain the nitrogen cycle. Write about symbiotic N2- fixation.
8. Describe the light depended phase of photosynthesis.
9. What do understand by light and dark reaction?
10. How the assimilatory power of light reaction utilized in dark reaction. Discuss briefly.