NEET 2015 · Class 11

Cell: The Unit of Life

Which of the following structures is not found in a prokaryotic cell?

  1. (A)Mesosome
  2. (B)Plasma membrane
  3. (C)Nuclear envelope
  4. (D)Ribosome

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Cells that have membrane bound nuclei are called eukaryotic whereas cells that lack a membrane bound nucleus are prokaryotic.

Chapter
Cell: The Unit of Life
Section
8.3 AN OVERVIEW OF CELL
Page
3
Words matched
27 of 27

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that prokaryotic cells lack a membrane-bound nucleus, which directly corresponds to the nuclear envelope being absent in prokaryotic cells, making option C the correct answer.

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