The vacuole occupies nearly 90% of the cell volume in
A
bacterium
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B
Amoeba
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C
onion cell
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D
virus
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Solution
The correct option is C onion cell A large central vacuole is a characteristic of a plant cell. This occupies nearly 90% of the cell volume and restricts the cytoplasm to the periphery of the cell.
The bacterium is a prokaryote and lacks vacuole.
Amoeba is a protist and has a small contractile vacuole which helps in osmoregulation.
The virus is acellular in nature.