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Which type of plastid contains the green pigment chlorophyll and carries out photosynthesis?
ALeucoplast
BChloroplast
CChromoplast
DAmyloplast
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Chloroplast
1. Plastids are double-membrane organelles of three main types.
2. The chloroplast is the green plastid containing chlorophyll.
3. It is the site of photosynthesis.
4. Chromoplasts give yellow, red or orange colours and do not perform photosynthesis, so they are ruled out.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 12 Plant Anatomy and Plant Physiology "Plastids", p.187_
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