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
As per NCERT, Mycoplasma are organisms that completely lack a cell wall; they are the smallest living cells known and can survive without oxygen.
∵ They are very small (about 0.1 m) and have no rigid wall, they can pass through filters of less than 1 m pore size ⇒ Statement I is correct.
∵ They lack a cell wall ⇒ Statement II is incorrect.
Answer: (3)