NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In isobilateral leaves, mesophyll is not differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma. Reason: The mesophyll in dorsiventral leaves is differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion are Reason are false
Correct answer
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
The mesophyll in isobilateral leaves is indeed not differentiated, while in dorsiventral leaves, it is differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma, but the differentiation in dorsiventral leaves does not explain the lack of differentiation in isobilateral leaves.