Assertion : Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic, blue green algae with all the prokaryotic structures.
Assertion : Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic, blue green algae with all the prokaryotic structures.
Reason: They are green due to presence of chloroplasts
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A and R are false
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The correct option is: (c)
Explanation:
Blue green algae or cyanobacteria are autotrophs. The photosynthetic pigments include chlorophyll a, carotenoids and phycobilin. The prokaryotic nature of cyanobacteria is due to lack of membrane bound cell organelles like mitochondria, chloroplast and distinct nucleus.
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