Statement I : The light harvesting complex (LHC) are made up of hundreds of pigment molecules bound

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Statement I : The light harvesting complex (LHC) are made up of hundreds of pigment molecules bound to proteins.\ Statement II: The reaction centre is same in photo system I and photo system II.\

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(b) : The reaction centre is different in photosystem I and photosystem II. In PS I, the reaction centre chlorophyll $a$ has an absorption peak at 700 nm , hence called $\mathrm{P}_{700}$, while in PS II it has absorption maxima at 680 nm and is called $\mathrm{P}_{680}$.