NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In green plants, only green plants need food for oxidation. Reason: In plants, food is not translocated from one place to another.
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
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
In green plants all other organs, tissues and cells that are non-green, need food for oxidation. Hence, food has to be translocated to all non-green parts.