Government Science College (Autonomous)

Department of Botany & PG Studies

III BSc. VII Semester

Paper – 8: Plant Physiology-II

Question Bank - 2020

A. Two - Marks Questions: Describe / Define the following in 2 or 3 sentences

Unit – 1: ENZYMES

1. Kuhne 26. Scurvy

2. Endozymes 27. Fat soluble vitamins
3. Exozymes 28. Water soluble vitamins
4. Isozymes 29. Nitrogenase
5. Zymogen 30. Nitrogen fixing bacteria
6. E.C. number 31. Nif genes
7. Activation energy 32. Leghaemoglobin
8. Turn over number 33. Infection thread
9. Enzyme inhibitor 34. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
10. Substrate analogue inhibition 35. Non symbiotic nitrogen fixation
11. Competitive inhibition 36. Simple enzymes
12. Non-competitive inhibition 37. Complex Enzymes
13. Allosteric site 38. Absolute specificity of enzymes
14. Active site/ catalytic site/ 39. Group specificity of enzymes
substrate site 40. Optical specificity of enzymes
15. Holoenzyme 41. Geometrical specificity of
16. Coenzyme enzymes
17. Cofactor 42. Emil Fischer
18. Prosthetic group 43. Koshland
19. Apoenzyme 44. Bacteroid
20. Feedback inhibition 45. Rhizobium
21. Allosterism
22. Beri beri
23. Xerophthalmia
24. Rickets
25. Pellagra
Unit 2: BIOENERGETICS

1. Definition of Photosynthesis 28. Photo system I & II

2. Photons or quanta 29. Stroma lamella
3. Photosynthetic organelle 30. P 680
4. Grana 31. Ferrodoxin
5. Thylakoid 32. CAM
6. LHC’s 33. Rubisco
7. Hill’s reaction 34. Glycolysis
8. Principle of light absorption 35. TCA Cycle
9. ‘Reaction centre’ 36. The first stable 4 –Carbon acid
10. Absorption spectrum of C 4 pathway
11. Action spectrum 37. Primary acceptors of CO2 in C 3
12. Red drop effect & C 4 pathway
13. Emerson enhancement effect 38. Mention the CO2 fixation in
succulent species, give an eg.
14. Electromagnetic spectrum
39. Organelles involved in
15. Chlorophyll pigments
Photorespiration
16. Carotenoid
40. Photorespiration
17. Phycobilin
41. Why is photorespiration also
18. Photosystems
called C 2 cycle
19. PS I
42. RQ
20. PS II
43. Respiratory substrates
21. Substrates of photosynthesis
44. Fermentation
22. Antenna pigments
45. Anaerobic respiration
23. Accessory pigments
46. Aerobic respiration
24. Quantasome
47. Power house of the cell
25. Assimilatory power
48. Wavelengths of light
26. Source of O2 evolved during responsible for photosynthesis
photosynthesis
27. P 700

Unit – 3: PLANT GROWTH AND GROWTH REGULATORS

1. Plant growth 5. Phytochrome

2. Growth curve / Sigmoidal 6. Vernalization
curve 7. De-vernalization
3. Plant regulators 8. Dormancy
4. Phytohormones 9. Secondary metabolites
 10. Naturally occurring 23. Phototropism
cytokinins 24. Geotropism
11. Arc auxanometer 25. Thermotropism
12. Parthenocarpy 26. Nyctinastic movement
13. Kurosawa 27. Seismonastic movement
14. Gibberella fujikuroi 28. Short day plants / Long
15. Bakanae disease night plants
16. Yabuta and Sumuki 29. Garner and Allard
17. Boysen – Jensen 30. Long day plants / Short
18. Bolting night plants
19. Zeatin 31. Day neutral plants
20. Abscisic acid 32. Florigen
21. Hydrotropism
22. Chemotropism

B. Five - Marks Questions: Give a detailed account of the following

Unit – 1: ENZYMES

1. Classification of enzymes
2. Chemical composition of enzymes
3. Properties/Characteristics of enzymes
4. Mechanism of enzyme action
5. Factors effecting enzyme activity
6. Lock and key model
7. Induced fit model
8. General characteristics of vitamins
9. Competitive and non-competitive inhibition of enzymes
10. Fat soluble vitamins
11. Water soluble vitamins
12. Mechanism of nitrogen fixation
13. Sources of nitrogen to plants
14. Non symbiotic and symbiotic nitrogen fixers
Root nodule formation
Unit 2: BIOENERGETICS

1. Photosynthetic pigments
2. Structure of chloroplast
3. Red Drop effect and Emerson enhancement effect
4. Importance of Emerson’s enhancement effect and Hill’s reaction
5. Photosystems
6. Differences between PS I and PS II
7. Photolysis of water
8. Cyclic photophosphorylation
9. Noncyclic photophosphorylation
10. Explain the importance of light reaction
11. Differences between light and dark reaction
12. Schematic representation of Dark Reaction/Blackmans’s reaction/Calvin
cycle/C3 pathway
13. Schematic representation of C 4 pathway/Hatch-Slack Cycle
14. ‘Kranz’ type of anatomy
15. Characteristics of C4 plants
16. Significance of CAM
17. External factors affecting photosynthesis
18. Internal factors affecting photosynthesis
19. Blackman’s Law of limiting factors
20. Respiration
21. Define RQ and mention its significance
22. Structure of respiratory apparatus
23. Types of respiration
24. Schematic representation of Glycolysis/EMP pathway
25. Anaerobic respiration
26. Fermentation
27. Distinguish between alcoholic and lactic acid fermentation
28. Krebs Cycle/TCA cycle

Unit – 3: PLANT GROWTH AND GROWTH REGULATORS

1. Applications of vernalization
2. Physiological effects of auxins
3. Physiological effects of gibberellins
4. Photoperiodism
5. Secondary metabolites in plants
6. Physiological effects of ethylene
7. Physiological effects of Abscisic acid
8. Tropic movements
9. Nastic movements
10. Physiology of flowering
11. Role of light in flowering
12. Differentiate between short day plants and long day plants
13. Practical applications of auxins
14. Role of gibberllins in plants
15. Mechanism of vernalisation
16. Seismonastic and thigmonastic movement
17. Tropic movement and nastic movement
18. Leaves of Mimosa are sensitive to touch. Explain
19. Explain why and how plants usually bend towards the sources of light

C. 10 - Marks Questions – Give a comprehensive account

Unit – 1: ENZYMES

1. Nomenclature and classification of enzymes

2. Define inhibitor and discuss the inhibition of enzyme action
3. Explain in detail the biological nitrogen fixation
4. Give a brief account of vitamins
5. Describe the properties of enzymes and factors effecting enzyme activity
6. Discuss the chemical composition of enzyme and add a note on mechanism of
enzyme action

D. Critical thinking – Extra questions

1. Enzymes which catalysis oxidation reduction reaction

2. Function of phosphorylase enzyme
3. The type of reaction catalysed by lyase
4. Example for Ligase enzyme
5. SI unit of enzyme activity
6. Enzyme found in tears, sweat and egg white
7. Role of nif genes
8. Function of leghaemoglobin
9. Daily requirement of vitamins
10. Bright eyes vitamin / sunshine vitamin / coagulation vitamin

Unit 2: BIOENERGETICS

29. Differences between C 3 and C4 cycle

30. C4 cycle
31. Calvin Cycle / C3 Cycle
 32. Photophosphorylation
33. Light reaction/Hill reaction
34. CAM metabolism
35. Differentiate between CAM and C4 plants
36. Explain photorespiration and mechanism involved in CAM pathway
37. Briefly explain cyclic and noncyclic photophosphorylation
38. Photorespiration
39. Tabulate the differences between C3, C4 and C2 cycles
40. Discuss the factors affecting photosynthesis
41. Krebs Cycle/TCA cycle
42. Glycolysis/EMP pathway
43. Differentiate between oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation
44. Factors affecting the rate of respiration
45. Differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration
46. Give an account on anaerobic respiration and explain lactic acid fermentation
47. Pentose Phosphate pathway.

III Critical thinking: Extra question

1. Photosynthesis is an oxidation and reduction process, Explain

2. How is photorespiration considered to be helpful in increasing productivity in
tropical regions?
3. Discuss the significance of Emerson Enhancement effect
4. The dual activity of Rubisco enzyme and its significance
5. Respiration as an energy conserving process – Justify
6. CAM is and eco-physiological adaptation of desert plants – justify
7. Why is CO2 fixation in C4 pathway more expensive than C3 pathway
8. Reactions of the dark phase of photosynthesis are light-regulated. justify

Unit – 3: PLANT GROWTH AND GROWTH REGULATORS

1. Write in detail physiological effects of auxin and gibberellin

2. Explain the physiological effects of cytokinin and ethylene
3. Write a note on the application of plant hormones in agriculture and
horticulture
4. Give a brief account on the classification and types of movements in plants
5. What is photoperiodism? Explain the physiology of photoperiodism in plants
 6. Differentiate between Ethylene and abscisic acid
7. Differentiate between cytokinin and kinetin
8. What is Phytohormone. Give a comparative account of physiological effects of
auxins, gibberllins and cytokinins in plants
9. What are growth regulating substances. Explain the role of auxins and
gibberlins in the growth of plants
10. Write a note on physiology of flowering and practical application of
vernalization
11. Give a brief account of secondary metabolites and their role in plant defence
12. Write an essay on different types of movement in plants
13. Give an account of phototropism and geotropism and discuss its mechanism

D. Critical Thinking – Extra questions

1. Plants hormones associated with abscission and dormancy

2. Any two cytokinins found in plants
3. Name the first naturally occurring cytokinin
4. Which plant hormone is responsible for seed germination
5. Name the site of gibberllins synthesis
6. Name the plant in which auxin was first discovered
7. Name the amino acid which act as precursor of auxin biosynthesis
8. The term which defines the mechanical removal of seed coat
9. The term which defines the plant movement by touch
10. The term which is given to the plants that grow at right angles to the
direction of gravity