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प्रश्न
Give functions.
Vacuole
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उत्तर १
- To maintain the osmotic pressure of the cell.
- To store metabolic byproducts and end products. (Glycogen, proteins, water, etc).
- In animal cell, they store waste products and food, while in amoeba it stores food before digestion.
- In plant cell, vacuoles are full of cell sap and provide turgidity, rigidity to them.
उत्तर २
Functions of vacuoles:
- The main function of vacuoles is to store food in a cell.
- They also help in storing and expelling wastes and toxic by-products of metabolic reactions.
- They help in maintaining the turgidity and rigidity of a cell.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write short note on the following :
(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) Mitochondria
Name the part of the cell concerned with the following :
Synthesis of proteins
Match the item in column 'A' with those in column 'B'.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Vacuoles | (i) Intracellular digestion |
| (b) Nucleolus | (ii) Respiratory enzymes |
| (c) Lysosomes | (iii) Covered by tonoplast |
| (d) Anthocyanin | (iv) Dissolved in the cytoplasm |
| (e) Cristae | (v) Forms RNA |
Fill in the blanks :
Very thin flexible, a living membrane which is differentially permeable, is called__________.
Distinguish between the following pairs of terms :
Plant cell and animal cell
State the major function of the following :
Cytoplasm:
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
A cell that is spherical in shape is
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
The vacuole contains:
Write true or false for each statement. Rewrite the false statements correctly:
Chromoplasts are the kitchen of the cell
Match List I with List II.
| List I | List II |
| A. Axoneme | I. Centriole |
| B. Cartwheel pattern | II. Cilia and flagella |
| C. Crista | III. Chromosome |
| D. Satellite | IV. Mitochondria |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
