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NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2000

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                    A research scholar once collected certain alga and found that its cells contained chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d and phycoerythrin. The alga must belong to:                                                                                              

    A)                 Chlorophyceae

    B)                 Rhodopyceae

    C)                 Bacillariophyceae

    D)                 Cyanophyceae

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Members of Rhodophyceae (red algae) contain chlorophyll-a, d, r-phycoerythrin, r-phyco-cyanin and carotene pigments. Members of Chlotophyceae (green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, b, carotene pigments. Members of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) contain chlorophyll-a, c, carotene, e-carotene pigments. Members of Cyanophyceae (cyanobacteria, blue-green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, c-phycocyanin, c phycoerythrin, carotene pigments.


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