Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Biology

Question:

Glycolysis process occurs in which of the following part of the cell ?

Options:

Lysosomes

Mitochondria

Cytoplasm

Chloroplast

Correct Answer:

Cytoplasm

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) –Cytoplasm

The food material taken in during the process of nutrition is used in cells to provide energy for various life processes. Diverse organisms do this in different ways – some use oxygen to break-down glucose completely into carbon dioxide and water, some use other pathways that do not involve oxygen. In all cases, the first step is the break-down of glucose, a six-carbon molecule, into a three-carbon molecule called pyruvate. This process is known as glycolysis  .This process takes place in the cytoplasm. 

Breakdown of pyruvate using oxygen takes place in the mitochondria. This process breaks up the three-carbon pyruvate molecule to give three molecules of carbon dioxide. The other product is water. Since this process takes place in the presence of air (oxygen), it is called aerobic respiration.