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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

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Identify combination of incorrect statements
related to cyanobacteria.

I. Cyanobacteria are referred to as blue-green algae

II. They perform oxygenic photosynthesis in
chloroplasts

III. The red- colour of red-sea is due to the
presence of a cyanobacterial species
Trichodesmium erythraeum

IV. All the cyanobacterial species can fix
atmospheric N2N_2 in specialised cells called
heterocysts.
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Correct option: C
II, IV
Option C (II, IV) is correct because cyanobacteria perform oxygenic photosynthesis in thylakoids (not chloroplasts) and not all cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric N2N_2 in heterocysts.

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