Respiration in Plants Question 29

29. Incomplete oxidation of glucose into pyruvic acid with several intermediate steps is known as

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(a) TCA-pathway

(b) glycolysis

(c) HMS-pathway

(d) Krebs cycle

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Answer : b

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(b) Glycolysis involves the process of partial oxidation of glucose or similar hexose sugar into two molecules of pyruvic acid through a series of ten enzyme mediated reactions. It occurs in cytoplasm.