Which of the following statements about inclusion bodies is incorrect?
- These are involved in ingestion of food particles
- They lie free in the cytoplasm
- These represent reserve material in cytoplasm
- They are not bound by any membrane
Answer
(1) These are involved in ingestion of food particles
Solution
As per NCERT, reserve material in prokaryotic cells is stored in the cytoplasm in the form of inclusion bodies. These are not bound by any membrane system and lie free in the cytoplasm, e.g., phosphate granules, cyanophycean granules and glycogen granules.
Statements (2), (3) and (4) are correct.
Inclusion bodies are stored food; they do not take part in ingestion of food particles.
Statement (1) is incorrect.
Answer: (1)