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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: RESPIRATION IN PLANTS
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How many ATP molecules could maximally be generated from one molecule of glucose, if the complete oxidation of one mole of glucose to carbon dioxide and water yields 686 kcal and the useful chemical energy available in the high energy phosphate bond of one mole of ATP is 12 kcal?
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Correct option: C
Fifty seven
Option C (Fifty seven) is correct because dividing the total energy released from glucose by the energy per ATP molecule gives the maximum number of ATP molecules that can be generated.
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