Q. Which one of the following organelles is not surrounded by any membrane?

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Solution:

Ribosomes are naked ribonucleoprotein protoplasmic particles which function as the sites for protein or polypeptide synthesis. A covering membrane is absent. Mitochondria, chloroplast and ER are double membrane bound organelles while vacuole is single membrane bound organelle.