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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 11 - 12. Respiration in Plants

The number of ATP produced when a molecule of glucose undergoes fermentation is

  1. A 4
  2. B 36
  3. C 2
  4. D 38
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(C) 2

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(C) 2,
During fermentation, whether it is lactic acid fermentation or alcoholic fermentation, only 2 ATP molecules are produced per molecule of glucose. This is because fermentation is an anaerobic process, and it only includes glycolysis, which yields 2 ATP molecules.