Assertion Reason on Diversity in the Living World
(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 the correct explanation of (A).
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Q1. Assertion (A): Trees are very tall plants that have stout trunks.
Reason (R): The trunk is very soft and nonwoody.
Answer:
(c) A is true but R is false.
Q2. Assertion (A): The cactus plants have long roots.
Reason: Long roots of cactus absorb-water from a larger area.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Q3. Assertion (A): Climbers are plants that take support of neighbouring
structures.
Reason (R): Climbers have weak stems.
Answer:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q4. Assertion (A): The small plants with soft, tender, green, shorter stem are
called herbs.
Reason (R): A herb may or may not have branches.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q5. Assertion (A): Creepers are plants that have weak stems which cannot
stand upright.
Reason (R): Pumpkin and watermelon are examples of creepers.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q6. Assertion (A): The place where organisms live is called their habitat.
Reason (R): Organisms depend for their food, water, air, shelter on their
habitat.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q7. Assertion (A): Monocot plant have only one cotyledon in the seed.
Reason: Monocot plant leaf shows parallel venation.
Answer:
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Q8. Assertion (A): The sunflower has recitulate venation in its leaves.
Reason: Sunflower leaves will have a tap root.
Answer:
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
Q9. Assertion (A): A camel has large and flat feet.
Reason: Large and flat feet help camel to walk easily on soft sand.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Q10. Assertion (A): Wheat plant leaves have fibrous roots.
Reason: The wheat plant has parallel venation in the leaves.
Answer:
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true