What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?

NCERT Class IX
Sciences - Exemplar Problems

Chapter 5. The Fundamental Unit of Life

Answer :

the contents of the cell will mix with the outer content. and the cell will eventually die. the sucide bag of the cell will help here
If the plasma membrane ruptures or breakdown then the cell will not be able to exchange material from its surrounding by diffusion or osmosis. Thereafter the protoplasmic material will be disappeared and the cell will die.