Question

Amyloplasts, elaioplasts, and aleuroplasts belong to ........... category of plastids.

• A. Chloroplasts
• B. Chromoplasts
• C. Leucoplasts
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C Leucoplasts

Lecoplasts are colourless plastids which generally occur near the nucleus in the non-green cells and possess internal lamellae. There are three types of special leucoplasts: (i) amyloplasts which are starch containing leucoplasts, e.g., potato tuber, (ii) elaioplasts or lipidoplasts or oleoplasts which are colourless plastids and store lipids e.g., tuberose, iii) aleuroplasts or proteoplasts or proteinoplasts which are protein storing plastids, e.g., aleurone cells of maize grain, endosperm cells of castor.

So, the correct answer is 'leucoplasts'.