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What is the source of oxygen liberated in photosynthesis ?

A

Carbon dioxide

B

glucose

C

water

D

energy

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C
Robert Hill (1939) proved by an experiment that the oxygen is evolved by splitting of water moleucules in sunlight not from carbon dioxide.
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