Given below are two statements.
Statement I: The primary CO₂ acceptor in C₄ plants is phosphoenol pyruvate and is found in the mesophyll cells.
Statement II: Mesophyll cells of C₄ plants lack the RuBisCO enzyme.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer.

(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true. Correct
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false. Your answer
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. Your answer
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true. Your answer

Your answer: Correct answer: (a)

Explanation

Why (a) is correct

Both statements are true. In C₄ plants, PEP in the mesophyll cells is the primary CO₂ acceptor (with PEP carboxylase), and NCERT states that the mesophyll cells lack RuBisCO; RuBisCO is in the bundle sheath cells.

Why the other options are wrong

(b) · your answer Both statements match NCERT, so both cannot be false.
(c) · your answer Statement II is also true: C₄ mesophyll cells lack RuBisCO.
(d) · your answer Statement I is true: PEP is the primary acceptor, in the mesophyll.

NCERT point: C₄: mesophyll has PEP carboxylase (no RuBisCO); bundle sheath has RuBisCO (no PEP carboxylase).

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Given below are two statements.
Statement I: The primary CO₂ acceptor in C₄ plants is phosphoenol pyruvate and is found in the mesophyll cells.
Statement II: Mesophyll cells of C₄ plants lack the RuBisCO enzyme.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer.