Photorespiration occurs

(a) during the daytime Your answer
(b) in C₃ plants Your answer
(c) with the cooperation of chloroplasts, peroxisomes and mitochondria Your answer
(d) all of these Correct

Your answer: Correct answer: (d)

Explanation

Why (d) is correct

All three statements are true. Photorespiration happens in the daytime (it needs light-driven RuBisCO activity), it is a feature of C₃ plants, and it involves chloroplasts, peroxisomes and mitochondria.

Why the other options are wrong

(a) · your answer This is true, but so are (b) and (c), so "all of these" is the best answer.
(b) · your answer True, but not the only correct statement.
(c) · your answer True, but not the only correct statement.

NCERT point: C₄ plants avoid photorespiration.

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Photorespiration occurs

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Why (d) is correct

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