Question

Assertion: The leaves in desert plants are absent to prevent loss of water due to transpiration Reason: In desert plants leaves are reduced to roots.
Directions: The questions on this segment consist of two statements one labelled as “Assertion A” and
the other labelled as “Reason R”. You are to examine these two statement carefully and decide it the
Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is correct explanation of
assertion. Select the answers in the option given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

Answer 1

Answer:

Option C is correct

Reason is wrong because

In desert plants leaves are reduced to stems where photosynthesis takes place itself in stems and the leaf is called phylloclade

Example : cactus