How many pigments are responsible for the color of a plant leaf?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

After performing the chromatographic separation of a plant leaf, experimentor found bright or blue green colour in the chromatogram. Then this pigment should be-
a. xanthophyll
b. carotenoid
c. chlorophyll a
d. chlorophyll b.

Range of wavelength at which chlorophyll-a shows the maximum absorption:
a. 400-450 nm
b. 450-500 nm
c. 650-700 nm
d. 500-600 nm.

Which of the following is the chief pigment associated with photosynthesis?
a. chl-a
b. chl-b
c. chl- a and xanthophylls
d. chl-a and carotenoids

How statements are correct?
i. chlorophyll-a , xanthophylls and carotenoids are called as accessory pigments.
ii. accessory pigments protect chlorophyll-a from photo-oxidation.
iii. chlorophylla are the major pigments responsible for trapping of light
iv. chl-a and chl-b forms the reaction centre
v. chl-a transfers the energy to accessory pigments.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

Photochemical phase does not include-
a. water splitting
b. oxygen release
c. CO2 assimilation
d. light absorption

Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a. Reaction centre is formed by a group of chl- a molecules.
b. Reaction centre is different in both the photosystems.
c. In PS I the reaction centre chlorophyll a has an absorption peak at 700 nm.
d. In PS II the reaction centre chlorophyll a has absorption maxima at 680 nm.

In photosystem-I, P700 refers to-
1. chl-b
2. chl-a
3. number of pigment molecules
4. absorption peak of chl-a at 700nm.

Light harvesting complexes are made up of-
1. proteins
2. pigments
3. protein and pigments
4. proteins and lipids.

In chloroplast the movement of electrons from PS-II to electron transport system is-
1. uphill in terms of redox potential scale.
2. downhill in terms of redox potential scale.
3. from one cytochrome to another
4. None of the above.