NEETBotanyBiomolecules (B)
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Plant cell walls are made up of cellulose. Reason: Chitin present in the exoskeleton of arthropods are mostly heteropolymers.
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
Plant cell walls are made up of cellulose. Exoskeletons of arthropods, for example, have a complex polysaccharide called chitin. These complex polysaccharides are mostly homopolymers.