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  1. In C4 plants, Calvin cycle operates in
    1. Stroma of bundle sheath chloroplasts
    2. Grana of bundle sheath chloroplasts
    3. Grana of mesophyll chloroplasts
    4. Stroma of mesophyll chloroplasts
Correct Option: A

C4 plants are specialised plants for better CO2 assimilation found in hot environment.They have a characteristic leaf anatomy called kranz anatomy showing two distinct choloroplast containing cells mesophyll and bundle sheath cells. Mesophyll cells are located very near to bundle sheath cells and are the site for C4 cycle i.e. CO2 is first fixed as a 4 carbon compound oxalocetic acid by the action of PEP carboxylase. The second carboxylation event occurs in stroma of chloroplast of bundle sheath cell through C3 cycle.



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