NEET Previous Year Question

C4 plants are more efficient in photosynthesis than C3 plants due to

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Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. AHigher leaf area
  2. BPresence of larger number of chloroplasts in the leaf cells
  3. CPresence of thin cuticle
  4. DLower rate of photorespiration

Correct answer: D

Solution

(d) plants are more efficient than plants because they have a concentrating mechanism. This prevents RuBisCO from acting as an oxygenase, resulting in a very low rate of photorespiration.

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