Botany-Algae

NEET Botany Algae Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-assertion-Easy-Class 11

Assertion (A): Brown algae store food in the form of laminarin or mannitol. | Reason (R): The vegetative cells of brown algae have a cellulosic wall covered by a gelatinous coating of algin.

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.

Correct Answer

Option B

Detailed Explanation

Both statements are true. However, the reason (R) does not explain the assertion (A) about the food storage forms in brown algae from the NCERT context.

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