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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HIGHER PLANTS

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In half leaf experiment, a part of a leaf is enclosed in a test tube containing KOH soaked cotton, while the other half is exposed to air and then setup is placed in light for sometime. It was latter found that part of leaf which was exposed to air tested positive for starch. This indicates that
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Correct option: D
Carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis because in KOH soaked leaf, starch synthesis do not occurs as CO2C{O_2} is absorbed by, so CO2C{O_2} is not available for photosynthesis
Option D is correct because KOH absorbs carbon dioxide, preventing it from being available for photosynthesis in the enclosed part of the leaf.

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