JIPMER 2005
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2005
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Cell - The Unit of Life
JIPMER 2005 · Botany · Cell - The Unit of Life
The thylakoid in chloroplast are arranged as
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.