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Photosynthesis In Higher Plants

Question
CBSEENBI11003347

The thylakoid in chloroplast are arranged as

  • interconnected disc

  • interconnected sacs

  • stacked discs

  • none of the above

Solution

C.

stacked discs

Most of the lamellae (folding forms a series of parallel membranous sheets) in the chloroplasts are organised to form sac like structures called thylakoids. These thylakoids may be stacked like a pile of coins, this formation has been termed as grana. Chlorophyll is found in grana and light reaction of photosynthesis occur in grana.