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Given below are two statements: Statement I: Mitochondria and chloroplasts are both double membrane bound organelles. Statement II: Inner membrane of mitochondria is relatively less permeable, as compared to chloroplast. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are double-membrane bound (Statement I is TRUE). NCERT explicitly states under chloroplasts that OF THE TWO, the INNER chloroplast membrane is relatively less permeable (Statement II is INCORRECT)!
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are semi-autonomous cell organelles enclosed by a double-membrane envelope consisting of an outer membrane and an inner membrane separated by an intermembrane space. Statement I is correct.
In NCERT under Chloroplasts, the text states: "Like mitochondria, the chloroplasts are also double membrane bound. Of the two, the inner chloroplast membrane is relatively less permeable." This comparison is between the inner and outer membranes of the chloroplast itself. Statement II incorrectly frames this as a cross-organellar comparison between mitochondria and chloroplasts, making it factually incorrect.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect, matching Option (1).
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Statement I is factually correct; Statement II distorts the NCERT comparative description of inner vs outer plastid membranes.
Statement I is true.
Statement II is incorrect.
Statement I is a fundamental biological fact.
Assuming "of the two" refers to mitochondria vs chloroplasts rather than outer membrane vs inner membrane of the chloroplast.
"Like mitochondria, the chloroplasts are also double membrane bound. Of the two, the inner chloroplast membrane is relatively less permeable."
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