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Given below are two statements
Statement (A) : Mutant organisms that lack carotenoids cannot live in the presence of both light and molecular oxygen.
Statement (R) : Carotenoids exert their photo-protective action by rapidly quenching the excited state of chlorophyll; and
help dissipate the energy stored in the chlorophyll by excitation transfer or photochemistry.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.