NEET 2009 Biology question

Stroma in the chloroplasts of higher plant contains:

(1)Light-dependent reaction enzymes
(2)Ribosomes
(3)Chlorophyll
(4)Light-independent reaction enzymesCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

The stroma is the colourless matrix of the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoids. It contains the enzymes of the light-independent (dark, Calvin cycle) reactions, which synthesise sugars from CO using the ATP and NADPH produced in the light reactions; it also contains chloroplast DNA, starch grains and 70S

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Question ID VK-090245