In blue-green algae, photosystem-II contains important pigment concerned with photolysis of water. It is

Phycocyanin.

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Cytochrome-c.

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Chlorophyll-

b

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β

-carotene.

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Solution

The correct option is C Phycocyanin.
Blue-green algae have the blue-green pigment, phycocyanin that serves as antennae in the photolysis of water at photosystem II and acts as light harvesting complex along with electron carrier. Chlorophyll b is absent in blue-green algae. So, the correct answer is option A.

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