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Question
Assertion (A): Mitochondria of the eukaryotic cells are power houses of the cell, they produce AТР molecule.
Reason (R): Mitochondria have DNA molecule and are autonomous cellular organelles.
Options
Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of the assertion.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
MCQ
Assertion and Reasoning
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Solution
A is true but R is false.
Explanation:
A is true: mitochondria release energy during cellular respiration and use some of it to produce ATP. R is false as stated because mitochondria are semiautonomous, not fully autonomous, even though they have their own DNA.
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