Tonoplast is
A. Outer membrane of cytoplasm
B. Outer membrane of mitochondria
C. Outer membrane of chloroplast
D. Outer membrane of vacuole
Answer: Option D
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Tonoplast is outer membrane of vacuole.The vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle that is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal and bacterial cells.
A vacuole is surrounded by a membrane called the tonoplast and filled with cell sap. In 1885, de Vries named the vacuole membrane as tonoplast. It is the cytoplasmic membrane surrounding a vacuole, separating the vacuolar contents from the cell's cytoplasm.

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