Why cannot a paramecium form food vacuole anywhere on its cell surface like amoeba?

It has a definite shape.

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Food is taken at a specific spot.

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Food captured by paramecium is liquid in nature.

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Both A and B

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Solution

The correct option is D
Both A and B

In Paramecium, which is also a unicellular organism, the cell has a definite shape and food is taken in at a specific spot. Food is moved to this spot by the movement of cilia which covers the entire surface of cell.

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