In which of the following parts of the plants cells does photosynthesis occur?

Mitochondrion

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Cellular membrane

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Chloroplast

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Nucleus

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Solution

The correct option is D Chloroplast
Photosynthesis is a chemical process through which plants, some bacteria and algae, produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water, using only light as a source of energy.
It takes place inside plant cells organelle called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts (mostly found in the mesophyll layer) contain a green substance called chlorophyll.
Hence, option $C$ is correct.

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Name the following :

(a) The category of organisms that prepare their own food from basic raw materials.

(b) The kind of plastids found in the mesophyll cells of the leaf.

(d) The first form of food substance produced during photosynthesis.

(e) The organisms that can be called "natural purifiers" of the air.

(f) The source of $C O_{2}$ for aquatic plants.

(g) The part of chloroplast where the dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place

(h) The tissue that transport manufactured type of starch from leaves to all parts of the plants.

Light reaction of photosynthesis takes place in which part of chloroplast?

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