Plant Kingdom Question 79
Question: Assertion : Pyrenoids are utilised during starvation. Reason : Pyrenoids are proteinaceous bodies.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
The chloroplasts of green algae contain one or more distinct, rounded, proteinaceous bodies called the pyrenoids.
Pyrenoids diminish in size and ultimately disappear if the plant is under conditions of starvation.
They reappear when the conditions become favorable.
BETA
