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Assertion: Red colour of rhodophyta is due to abundant formation of r-phycoerythrin.
Reason: r-Phycoerythrin is able to absorb blue green wavelength of light and reflect red colour.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

C

if assertion is true but reason is false.

D

if both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
A
The red colour or red algee (Rhodohyta) is due to abundant formation of r-phycoerythrin.Phycoerythin absorb blue green wavelengths of light and reflect red ligth and thus imparts red colours to algee.
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