NEET 2022 · Class 11

Respiration in Plants

What amount of energy is released from glucose during lactic acid fermentation? [NEET-2022]

  1. (A)Approximately 15%
  2. (B)More than 18%
  3. (C)About 10%
  4. (D)Less than 7%

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

In both lactic acid and alcohol fermentation not much energy is released; less than seven per cent of the energy in glucose is released and not all of it is trapped as high energy bonds of ATP.

Chapter
Respiration in Plants
Section
12.3 FERMENTATION
Page
4
Words matched
37 of 37

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How this line gives the answer

8, emb=0.9923, combined=0.9154). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'less than seven per cent of the energy in glucose is released' during lactic acid fermentation, which directly matches option D and distinguishes it from all other options.

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