Which of the following yield maximum energy :
1. Glycolysis in a sprinter
2. Aerobic respiration in germinating seeds
3. Fermentation by yeast
4. Anaerobic respiration
Assertion (A): | It is possible to make calculations of the net gain of ATP for every glucose molecule oxidised; but in reality this can remain only a theoretical exercise. |
Reason (R): | These calculations can be made only on certain assumptions that are not really valid in a living system. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains the (A) |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A) |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
I: | Fermentation accounts for only a partial breakdown of glucose, whereas in aerobic respiration, it is completely degraded to CO2 and H2O. |
II: | In fermentation, there is a net gain of only two molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose degraded to pyruvic acid, whereas many more molecules of ATP are generated under aerobic conditions. |
III: | NADH is oxidised to NAD+ rather slowly in fermentation, however, the reaction is very vigorous in case of aerobic respiration. |
Statement I: | Fatty acids would be broken down to acetyl CoA before entering the respiratory pathway when it is used as a substrate. |
Statement II: | When the organism needs to synthesise fatty acids, acetyl CoA would be withdrawn from the respiratory pathway for it. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
4. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
Assertion (A): | It is better to consider the respiratory pathway as an amphibolic pathway rather than only as a catabolic one. |
Reason (R): | Breaking down processes within the living organism is catabolism, and synthesis is anabolism. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explains (A) |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |