NEETBotanyMorphology of Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: A few millimetres above the root cap is the region of meristematic activity. Reason: The cells of this region are very small, thin-walled and with dense protoplasm .
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
A few millimetres above the root cap is the region of meristematic activity. The cells of this region are very small, thin-walled and with dense protoplasm. They divide repeatedly.