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Question
Assertion (A): Virus-free plants can be produced by the meristem tissue culture.
Reason (R): The virus fails to grow during the growth of the host tissue in the artificial medium.
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.
MCQ
Assertion and Reasoning
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Explanation:
Meristem culture can produce virus-free plants because the meristematic region is generally free of viruses. The reason is not that viruses fail to grow merely because host tissue is grown in an artificial medium.
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