NEET Biology question

Carbon dioxide fixation during photosynthesis mainly takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast because

(A)the stroma contains chlorophyll
(B)the stroma is bound by the chloroplast envelope
(C)the stroma contains the enzymes required for fixing carbon dioxide and synthesising sugarCorrect
(D)the stroma is continuous with the cytoplasm

Answer: (C)

Solution

The stroma is the fluid matrix of the chloroplast housing all the enzymes of the Calvin cycle (such as RuBisCO), so it is here — rather

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