Question

Golgi Apparatus is absent in:

• A. Liver cell
• B. Blue-green algae
• C. Lower plants
• D. Higher plants

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Blue-green algae

The correct option is B.

Explanations of correct option:

Option B:

1. Blue-green algae are known as prokaryotic (cells without nucleus and membrane-bound organelles) cyanobacteria.
2. They are gram-negative photosynthetic bacteria, hence can produce their food.
3. Golgi apparatus is absent in these organisms.

Explanations of incorrect options:

Option A:

1. Liver cells are also known as hepatocytes.
2. Liver cells are parenchymal cells (functional role) in the metabolic processes and protein synthesis.
3. They also help in the detoxification of toxic molecules from the body.
4. Liver cells have Golgi apparatus.

Option C:

1. Lower plants fall under the taxonomic group of bryophytes.
2. They are non-vascular plants (without xylem and phloem for transportation of water and food ) that do not have a flower.
3. They have a thallus-like plant body.
4. They do not reproduce by producing seeds.
5. Eg, Mosses, liverworts, etc.

Option D:

1. Higher plants are completely developed vascular plants.
2. They have hard woody stems and differentiated branches.
3. They have xylem and phloem for the transfer of food and water across the plant.
4. Eg, Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, trees, etc.

Final answer: Golgi Apparatus is absent in Blue-green algae.