Navigate

Which one of the following type of plastids does not contain stored food material?

Which one of the following type of plastids does not contain stored food material?

Options

(a) Amyloplasts
(b) Chromoplasts
(c) Elaioplasts
(d) Aleuroplasts

Correct Answer:

Chromoplasts

Explanation:

Chromoplasts are non-photosynthetic coloured plastides which synthesise and stored carotenoid pigmentes. They, therefore, appear orange red and yellow where as amyloplast (store starch), aleuroplast (store proteins) and elaioplast (store oil droplets and fats) are leucoplasts, colourless plastids.

NEET2013K
admin:

Related Questions

  1. Aerobic respiration is related with
  2. In most of the fungi, the food material is stored in the form of
  3. Evolution of different species in a given area starting from a point and spreading
  4. Electrons from excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem II are accepted first by:
  5. Which of the following animals does not undergo metamorphosis