What is the function of leucoplasts?

To store starch grains, oil drops and protein granules

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To store nucleoprotein

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To store glycoprotein

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To synthesize glycogen

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Solution

The correct option is A To store starch grains, oil drops and protein granules
Plastids are cytoplasmic organelles found only in plant cells.
Leucoplasts are colourless plastids and mainly help in the storage of food compounds like starch, proteins and oil drops. Such colourless plastids are present in underground roots, stems.
Thus, the correct answer is (A).

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