Biomolecules Question 24

24. Protein synthesis in an animal cell takes place

(a) only in the cytoplasm

(b) in the nucleolus as well as in cytoplasm

(c) in cytoplasm as well as in mitochondria

(d) only on ribosomes attached to the nuclear envelope

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Answer : c

Hints & Solutions

(c) In the cytoplasm protein synthesis is restricted to the ribosomes. Mitochondria being a semiautonomous organelle, has its own genetic machinery to synthesize its proteins.