Given below is an evolutionary tree. Which of the following statements about evolution are true and

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Given below is an evolutionary tree. Which of the following statements about evolution are true and deducible from the figure?\ (i) The ancestral eukaryote was anaerobic.\ (ii) Mitochondria and chloroplasts have similar genome.\ (iii) Chloroplasts and mitochondria are results of independent endosymbiotic events.\ (iv) Fungi lost chloroplasts during evolution.\ (v) Mitochondria are present in the cells of plants, animals and fungi.\

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(a)