Multiple Choice Quiz on Respiration

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘respiration’. Questions come under ‘easy’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. Respiration is
anabolic and exergonic
anabolic and endergonic
catabolic and exergonic
catabolic and endergonic
2. The term aerobic respiration was coined by
Blackman
Buchner
Duclaux
Koshytchev

3. The most common respiratory substrate is
glucose
glycogen
sucrose
fructose

4. In alcoholic fermentation, Carbon-dioxide is evolved during
decarboxylation of pyruvic acid
formation of acetaldehyde
oxidation of acetyldehyde
decarboxylation of pyruvic acid and formation of acetaldehyde

5. Which is common between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
glycolysis
pyruvic acid
similar substrate
all of these

6. Which one yields the highest energy per gram
carbohydrate
proteins
fats
amino acids

7. Which is not formed during anaerobic respiration
pyruvate
carbondioxide
acetyl Co A
Ethyl alcohol

8. Anaerobic respiration occurs in human body inside
liver
kidneys
red muscles
white muscles

9. Respiration intermediate which undergoes fermentation is generally
glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate
PEP
Pyruvic acid
2 phosphoglyceric acid

10. Rate of respiration shall
increase with rise in temperature
increase in winter
decrease in presence of light
no change with season and environmental conditions

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