NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Plants require O2 for respiration to occur and they also give out CO2. Reason: Just like animals, plants have specialised organs for gaseous exchange.
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
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Plants require O2 for respiration to occur and they also give out CO2. Plants, unlike animals, have no specialised organs for gaseous exchange but they have stomata and lenticels for this purpose