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Q. Calvin cycle is :
(1) $ C_{3}$ cycle
(2) reductive pentose -phosphate cycle
(3) common in cereals
(4) uncommon in cereals

BHUBHU 2006

Solution:

The plants exhibiting Calvin cycle are respectively called $C _{3}$ plants. It is also kown as reducting pentose - phosphate cycle.
Calvin cycle is uncommon in cereals.
The $C_{3}$ type of carbon reactions occur in the stroma of chloroplast.
This$C _{3}$ pathway is also called Calvin cycle after its discoveren, Melvin Calvin who received Nobel Prize for discovering this pathway.

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