Name the site in which the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) takes place?

Cytoplasm

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Mitochondria

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Ribosome

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Nucleus

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Solution

The correct option is B Mitochondria
Tricarboxylicacid cycle (TCA) is also known as Krebs cycle and it is the second phase in cellular respiration that occurs in the mitochondria. Through a series of chemical changes pyruvic acid is converted to carbon dioxide and water.

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