NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: All carbohydrates are usually first converted into glucose before they are used for respiration. Reason: Other substrates can also be respired, but they do not enter the respiratory pathway at the first step.
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
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
All carbohydrates are usually first converted into glucose before they are used for respiration. Other substrates can also be respired, but they do not enter the respiratory pathway at the first step.