Question

Assertion (A): Specialised plant structures such as rhizomes, tubers, corms, bulbs, etc., are excellent methods of asexual reproduction.

Reason (R): These are common means of propagation in a number of plants.

Options

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.

Answer 1

Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Explanation:

Both statements are true. These vegetative structures are widely used to propagate many plants without gamete formation or fertilisation.