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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 27

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q27

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How is food stored in brown algae?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. In the form of complex carbohydrates that may be in the form of laminarin or mannitol.

  • The reserve food of brown algae is laminarin. 
  • The molecule laminarin (also known as laminaran) is a storage glucan (a polysaccharide of glucose) found in brown algae.
  • It is used as a carbohydrate food reserve in the same way, that chrysolaminarin is used by phytoplankton, especially in diatoms.