Which of the following features is used to distinguish chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts?

The presence of pigments

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The possession of thylakoids and grana

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They are storage plastids

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The ability of multiply

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Solution

The correct option is A The presence of pigments
On the basis of colour, Schimper has classified plastids into three main groups: Leucoplast, Chromoplast, Chloroplast.
Leucoplast is the largest of all plastids. They lack pigments i.e. they are colourless.
Chromoplast is of various colours except for green, due to the presence of different pigments found in them.
Chloroplast is green coloured plastids.
Thus option A is the correct answer.

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