NEET 2016 · Class 11

Respiration in Plants

Oxidative phosphorylation is

  1. (A)formation of ATP by transfer of phosphate group from a substrate to ADP
  2. (B)oxidation of phosphate group in ATP
  3. (C)addition of phosphate group to ATP
  4. (D)formation of ATP by energy released from electrons removed during substrate oxidation

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The electrons, as they move through the system, release enough energy that are trapped to synthesise ATP.

Chapter
Respiration in Plants
Section
12.7 RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT
Page
12
Words matched
22 of 22

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How this line gives the answer

6667, emb=0.846, combined=0.7743). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that electrons moving through the system release energy that is trapped to synthesize ATP, which directly matches option D's definition of oxidative phosphorylation as ATP formation using energy from electrons removed during substrate oxidation.

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