NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Development is considered as the sum of growth and differentiation. Reason: Development in plants (i.e., both growth and differentiation) is under the control of intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
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 and 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
Growth, differentiation and development are very closely related events in the life of a plant thus development is considered as the sum of growth and differentiation.