Select the mismatch.
Answer: (B) Large central vacuoles – Animal cells. Answer: (B) Large central vacuoles – Animal cells Solution: Large central vacuoles are a feature of plant cells, not animal cells; NCERT states plant cells possess a large central vacuole that is absent in animal cells.
- A.Gas vacuoles – Green bacteria
- B.Large central vacuoles – Animal cells✓
- C.Protists – Eukaryotes
- D.Methanogens – Prokaryotes
Correct Answer
(B) Large central vacuoles – Animal cells
Solution & Explanation
Answer: (B) Large central vacuoles – Animal cells Solution: Large central vacuoles are a feature of plant cells, not animal cells; NCERT states plant cells possess a large central vacuole that is absent in animal cells. Gas vacuoles correctly belong to green (photosynthetic) bacteria, protists are eukaryotes, and methanogens are prokaryotes, so those pairings are correct matches. Hence the mismatch is B. NCERT Reference: Ch 8, p.91, lines 40-42: "Plant and animal cells are different as the former possess cell walls, plastids and a large central vacuole which are absent in animal cells."