Q.

Which of the following statements about inclusion bodies is incorrect                 [2020]

1 They are not bound by any membrane.  
2 These are involved in ingestion of food particles.  
3 They lie free in the cytoplasm.  
4 These represent reserve material in cytoplasm.  

Ans.

(2)

Reserve material in prokaryotic cells are stored in the cytoplasm in the form of inclusion bodies. These are not bound by any membrane system and lie free in the cytoplasm, e.g., phosphate granules, cyanophycean granules and glycogen granules.