Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Answer
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Solution
Statement I: Correct – in C4 plants the primary CO2 acceptor is phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), a 3-carbon molecule present in the mesophyll cells.
Statement II: Correct – as per NCERT, the mesophyll cells of C4 plants lack RuBisCO; RuBisCO is present in the bundle sheath cells, where the Calvin cycle takes place.
Answer: (1)