Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Answer
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Solution
Statement I is correct: both mitochondria and chloroplasts are bounded by a double membrane (outer and inner membrane).
Statement II is incorrect: NCERT describes the inner membrane of the chloroplast (not of the mitochondrion) as the relatively less permeable one.
Answer: (3)