NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: A dicot stem can be characterised by its vascular bundle Reason: In between the vascular bundles there are a few layers of radially placed parenchymatous cells, which constitute medullary rays.
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
A large number of vascular bundles are arranged in a ring ; the ‘ring’ arrangement of vascular bundles is a characteristic of dicot stem.