NEETBotanyCell - The Unit of Life
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Leucoplasts can store nutrients Reason: Majority of the chromoplasts of the green plants are found in the palisade cells of the leaves.
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
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
The leucoplasts are the colourless plastids of varied shapes and sizes with stored nutrients: Amyloplasts store carbohydrates (starch).