NEET2005BotanyCell - The Unit of LifeActual
The thylakoid in chloroplast are arranged as
Options
- Ainterconnected disc
- Binterconnected sacs
- Cstacked discs
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
C. stacked discs
Step-by-step solution
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 found in grana and light reaction of photosynthesis occur in grana.