NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: If fatty acids were to be respired they would first be degraded to acetyl CoA and enter the pathway. Reason: Glycerol would enter the pathway after being converted to PGAL.
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
If fatty acids were to be respired they would first be degraded to acetyl CoA and enter the pathway. Glycerol would enter the pathway after being converted to PGAL.