Name the simple sugar found in plant tissues which is also a product of photosynthesis.

Cellulose

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Starch

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Glucose

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Sucrose

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Solution

The correct option is C
Glucose

During photosynthesis, energy from sunlight is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. Glucose ( $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ ) is a simple sugar and is a product of photosynthesis.

$6 C O_{2} + 12 H_{2} O s u n l i g h t - ----- \to c h l o r o p h y l l C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + 6 O_{2} + 6 H_{2} O$

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The production of starch, and not glucose, is often used as a measure of photosynthesis in leaves because

(a) starch is the immediate product of photosynthesis.

(b) glucose formed in photosynthesis soon gets converted into starch.

(d) sugar cannot be tested.

We can digest starch because it is made up of glucose. We cannot digest cellulose because it is made up of sucrose.

The correct statements among the following are

A) The minimum number of carbon atoms present in a monosaccharide is 6

B) Among glucose, Lactose, Maltose and Sucrose,non reducing sugar is sucrose

C) In amylopectin of starch, branched chain are due to 1,4 - linkages

D) In cellulose, β - D - glucose units are joined by 1,4 - glycosidic linkages

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