Pick out the incorrect statement about glycolysis

Question

Pick out the incorrect statement about glycolysis (A) It is anaerobic respiration (B) During glycolysis glucose is converted into pyruvate or lactate with generation of 38 molecules of ATP per molecule of glucose (C) Glycolysis provides energy to those cells which live without oxygen (D) It occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell

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Here statement B is incorrect as glycolysis is accompanied by the generation of 2 ATP molecules per molecule of glucose. Rest all other statements are correct regarding glycolysis.

Q. Pick out the incorrect statement about glycolysis

It is anaerobic respiration

During glycolysis glucose is converted into pyruvate or lactate with generation of 38 molecules of ATP per molecule of glucose

Glycolysis provides energy to those cells which live without oxygen

It occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell

Here statement B is incorrect as glycolysis is accompanied by the generation of 2 ATP molecules per molecule of glucose. Rest all other statements are correct regarding glycolysis.