RESPIRATION

1. The term respiration was coined by ________ ?

A) Pepys
B) Calvin-Benson
C) Meyerhoff
D) Karl Lohman

Respiration is the biochemical process in which the cells

of an organism obtain energy by combining oxygen and
glucose, resulting in the release of carbon dioxide, water,
and ATP (the currency of energy in cells).

The chemical equation is C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O

2. Respiration in plants ?

A) Occurs only during day

B) Results in the formation of vitamins
C) Is characteristic of all living cells
D) Often requires CO2

3. Which of these is not true about cellular respiration?

A) It releases energy
B) It occurs only during the day
C) It utilizes oxygen and liberates carbon dioxide
D) It occurs in all living things
 4. Respiration is a process in which ?

A) Energy is stored in the form of ADP

B) Energy is used up
C) Energy is released and stored in the form of ATP
D) Energy is not releases at all

5. Energy released during respiration is stored in the

form of ATP or ___________ ?

A) Adrenaline Triphosphate
B) Adenosine Diphosphate
C) Adenosine Tetraphosphate
D) Adenosine Triphosphate

6. The process of respiration is ?

A) An oxidation reaction which is endothermic

B) A combination reaction which is endothermic
C) A reduction reaction which is exothermic
D) An oxidation reaction which is exothermic

7. Energy produced during aerobic respiration of

glucose ?
A) 637 kcal
B) 640 kcal
C) 686 kcal
D) 693 kcal
8. The term, “floating respiration” is used when the
respiratory substrate is ?
A) Carbohydrates
B) Fats
C) Both A and B
D) Protein

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 9. The term, “protoplasmic respiration” is used when
the respiratory substrate is ?

A) Carbohydrates
B) Protein
C) Organic acid
D) Lipid

10. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and organic acids

are the various respiratory substrates. Amongst
these which is the most preferred substrate for
respiration?
A) Carbohydrates
B) Proteins
C) Organic acid
D) Fats
11. Primary respiratory substrate is carbohydrate,
secondary respiratory substrate is fat, tertiary
respiratory substrate is protein.
12. Protein is used as respiratory substrate only
when ?

A) Carbohydrates are absent

B) Fats are absent
C) Carbohydrates and Fats both are exhausted
D) Fats carbohydrates are abundant

13. Respiration is a ___________ ?

A) Oxidative process
B) Reductive process
C) Catabolite repression
D) Intermediate process

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 14. What is respiratory substrate?

A) The compounds which are reduced during

respiration
B) The compounds which are oxidized during
respiration
C) The intermediate compounds of respiration
D) The end product of respiration

15. Respiration is (Grujarat GET Q.B.) ?

A) Anabolic process
B) Catabolic process
C) Both a and b
D) Endothermic process

16. Respirations is a ?

A) Endergonic process
B) Exergonic process
C) Both A and B
D) Neutralization Process

17. During respiration the food is ?

A) Oxidised
B) Reduced
C) Both oxidised and reduced
D) Neither oxidised nor reduced

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 18. Which of the following is a main respiratory
substrate in animals ?

A) Fructose
B) Starch
C) Glucose
D) Proteins

19. Respiration is found in ?

A) Bacteria
B) Prokaryotes
C) Only animals
D) All these

20. Which of the following is not an aerobic

reaction?

A) Glycolysis
B) Citric acid cycle
C) Oxidative phosphorylation
D) Fermentation

21. Which of the following types of respiration, the

amount of energy released is Comparatively more ?

A) Aerobic respiration
B) Anaerobic respiration
C) Equal energy is released in both A and B
D) None of these in correct

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 22. Fermentation occurs in the ?

A) Presence of oxygen
B) Presence of water
C) Absence of oxygen
D) Mitochondria

23. First stage in respiration is ?

A) Glycolysis
B) Krebs cycle
C) ETS
D) Glycogenesis

24. What is aerobic respiration?

A) Partial oxidation of glucose

B) Incomplete oxidation of glucose
C) Complete oxidation of organic substances
D) Complete oxidation of only glucose

25. Where does aerobic respiration usually takes

place?
A) Lower vertebrates
B) Higher organisms
C) Prokaryotes
D) Only unicellular eukaryotes

26. Which of the following is a crucial event in

aerobic respiration?
A) Simultaneous synthesis of ATP
B) Synthesis of ethanol and water
C) Complete oxidation of methanol
D) Complete oxidation of carbon-dioxide

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 27. What is meant by cellular respiration?

A) Breakdown of water
B) Breakdown of air to consume energy
C) Breakdown of food materials to release energy
D) Breakdown of soil to release energy

28. Where does the photosynthesis take place in

eukaryotes?

A) Mitochondria
B) Cytoplasm
C) Chloroplasts
D) Vacuoles

29. Which of the following compounds are not

oxidised to release energy?

A) Proteins
B) Fats
C) Carbohydrates
D) DNA

30. Which of the following acts as the energy

currency of the cell?

A) ATP
B) Enzymes
C) Proteins
D) DNA

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 31. Which of the following gases do plants require
for cellular respiration?

A) O2
B) CO2
C) N2
D) H2O

32. By the use of which of the following structures,

plants exchange gases?

A) Stem
B) Root
C) Bark
D) Stomata

33. What are lenticels?

A) Openings on the surface of the bark

B) Openings on the surface of roots
C) Pores on leaves
D) Pores on stem

34. Which is considered as the universal pathway in

a biological system?

A) Krebs cycle
B) Electron Transport System
C) Glycolysis
D) Photo Oxidation

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 35. Glycolysis is also called ________ ?

A) EMP pathway
B) FMR pathway
C) LMS pathway
D) OMS pathway

36. The Reactions of glycolysis were worked out in

Yeast cells by three scientists Gustav Embden
(German), Otto Meyerhoff (German) and J
Parnas(Polish) and so it is also called as EMP Pathway.
It is the first and common stage for Both aerobic and
anaerobic respiration.

37. In glycolysis, one molecule of glucose is

reduced to_______ ?

A) fructose
B) pyruvate
C) phosphate
D) phosphoglycerate

38. The scientists that discovered glycolysis are

______ ?

A) Embden, Meyerhof, and Parnas

B) Hans Kreb and John Dalton
C) Rudolf Virchow and Robert Brown
D) Robert Hooke only

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 39. Where does glycolysis take place ?

A) Cytoplasm
B) Mitochondrial matrix
C) Plasma membrane
D) Inner mitochondrial membrane

40. Which of the following are the end products of

the complete breakdown of glucose ?

A) CO2 and starch

B) Fructose and lactose
C) H2O and mannose
D) CO2 and H2O

GLYCOLYSIS SUMMARY:

• Glucose is converted to Pyruvic Acid .

• 1 Glucose Molecule ( 6C ) breakdown to form 2
molecule of Pyruvic Acid ( 3C ) .
• Also called as EMP Pathway .
• Occurs in Cytoplasm .
• Common pathway of Aerobic & Anaerobic
Respiration .
• Only pathway of Anaerobic Respiration .
• 1st Step of Cellular Respiration .

Glycolysis is completed in 2 Phases i.e

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 A) Investment or Preparatory Phase B) Pay Off Phase
( Energy )

Step – 1 :
Glucose + ATP ------- Glucose 6 Phosphate + ADP
Here Enzyme is Hexokinase & Mg2+ ion as catalyst /.
Activator .

Here 1 ATP is consumed . Addition of ATP is this

reaction called as Phosphorylation .

Step – 2 :
Glucose 6 Phosphate --------- Fructose 6 Phosphate
Here Enzyme is Phospho hexo isomerase . This
process is called as Isomerisation .

Step – 3 :
Fructose 6 Phosphate is phosphorylated to form
Fructose 1, 6 Bi Phosphate .

Fructose 6 Phosphate+ ATP -----

Fructose 1,6 Bi Phosphate + ADP

Here Enzyme is Phosphofructokinase .

Step – 4 :
Cleavage or Splitting

Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphate ( 6C ) splits into two

molecules of 3C compound i.e 3- Phosphoglyceral
dehyde ( PGAL ) & DHAP ( Dihydroxy acetone
phosphate ) . Here Enzyme is aldolase .

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 Step-5 : ( Isomerisation )

DHAP is isomerised again to PGAL . So for next

reaction , PGAL is reactant . Here Enzyme is Triose
phosphate Isomerase .

DHAP ---------- PGAL

Step-6 :

From this step 2nd phase or Energy Pay Off Phase

starts .
3-Phosphoglyceraldehyde reacts with H3PO4 and
forms 1, 3- diphosphoglyceraldehyde. The reaction is
non-enzymatic.

1, 3-Diphosphoglyceraldehyde is oxidized to form

1, 3-diphosphoglyceric acid.

Enzyme: Triose-phosphate dehydrogenase and

cofactor NAD.
NAD is reduced to NADH2.

Step-7 : ( First ATP Synthesis )

1,3-diphosphoglyceric acid is converted to

3-phosphoglyceric acid . Enzyme phosphoglycerate
kinase .

1, 3-diphosphoglyceric acid+ ADP ------

3-phosphoglyceric Acid + ATP

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 Step-8 : ( Isomerisation )

3-Phosphoglyceric acid is isomerised into

2-Phosphoglyceric acid.

3-Phosphoglyceric acid ------ 2-Phosphoglyceric acid

Enzyme: Phosphoglyceromutase

Step-9 :

2-Phosphoglyceric acid is converted into 2-

Phosphoenol-pyruvic acid.

2PGA ----- PEP + H20 , Enzyme Enolase .

Enzyme: Enolase

Step-10 :

2-Phosphoenol pyruvic acid reacts with ADP to form

one molecule each of ATP and Pyruvic acid. Enzyme:
Pyruvate kinase . So 2 ATP & Pyruvic Acid are being
produced .

Oxygen is not required during glycolysis.

In glycolysis, CO2 is also not produced.

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 41. Number of pyruvic acid molecules formed in
glycolysis is (Gujarat GET Q.B.) ?

A) 01
B) 2
C) 3
D) 6

42. Number of carbons present in a pyruvic acid t

molecule is ?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6

43. Number of oxygen molecules used in

glycolysis ?

A) 12
B) 4
C) 6
D) 0

44. Number of CO2 molecules produced in

glycolysis is ?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 0

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 45. Dihydroxy acetone phosphate is a ?

A) 2 C compound
B) 3 C compound
C) 4 C compound
D) 6 C compound

46. Which of the following enzyme catalyzes the

first step of glycolysis?

A) Hexokinase
B) Pyruvate kinase
C) Glucokinase
D) Phosphofructokinase-1

47. Cleavage of Fructose 1, 6-biophosphate yields

___________ ?

A) Two aldoses
B) Two ketoses
C) An aldose and a ketose
D) Only a ketose

48. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate is rapidly and

reversibly converted to ___________ ?

A) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
B) 1, 3-bi-phosphoglycerate
C) Fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate
D) Fructose 6-phosphate

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 49. What is the first step in the payoff phase of
glycolysis ?

A) Reduction of 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate to
glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
B) Oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1,
3-bisphosphoglycerate
C) Reversible conversion of dihydroxyacetone
phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
D) Irreversible conversion of dihydroxyacetone
phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

50. Which substrate is used in the last step of

glycolysis ?

A) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
B) Pyruvate
C) Phosphoenolpyruvate
D) 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate

51. Glycolysis converts ___________ ?

A) Glucose into pyruvate

B) Glucose into phosphoenolpyruvate
C) Fructose into pyruvate
D) Fructose into phosphoenolpyruvate
52.

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