Question

The net gain of ATP in glycolysis is _____ ATP

(a) 16

(b) 32

(c) 4

(d) 8

This question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

I need to ask this question from Plants Respiration in division Respiration in Plants of Biology – Class 11

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) 8

To elaborate: In glycolysis, two NADH are formed that are equivalent to six ATP. Along with this, there is also the production of 2 more ATP after the transfer of high energy phosphate into ADP adds to this thus making the total of eight.