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NEET2005BotanyCell - The Unit of LifeActual

The thylakoid in chloroplast are arranged as

Options

  1. Ainterconnected disc
  2. Binterconnected sacs
  3. Cstacked discs
  4. 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.

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