Consider the following statements comparing a typical plant cell with a typical animal cell:
1. A plant cell has a rigid cell wall made largely of cellulose, which an animal cell lacks.
2. Only a plant cell is bound by a plasma membrane, an animal cell has no such membrane.
3. A plant cell usually has one large central vacuole, while an animal cell has several small vacuoles.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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C. 1 and 3 only. A plant cell is enclosed by a rigid cellulose cell wall outside its plasma membrane, a structure animal cells never have, so statement 1 is correct. A plant cell typically has one large central vacuole occupying much of its volume, while an animal cell instead has several smaller vacuoles, so statement 3 is also correct. Statement 2 is false, both plant and animal cells are bound by a plasma membrane, it is only the cell wall that is unique to plant cells. Since statements 1 and 3 hold while statement 2 does not, option C is correct.

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A. 1 and 2 only

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B. 2 and 3 only

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C. 1 and 3 only

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D. 1, 2 and 3