The plant part which consists of two generations, one within the other, is

• genninated pollen grain

• embryo

• unfertilized ovule

• seed

Assertion : Inhabitants close to very busy airports are likely to experience health hazards.

Reason : Sound level of jet aeroplanes usually exceeds 160 dB.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : All birds, except the ones like koel (cuckoo) build nests for retiring and taking rest during night time (day time for nocutrnal).

Reason : Koel lays its eggs in the nests of tailor bird.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : Old age is not an illness. It is a continuation of life with decreasing capacity for adaptation.

Reason : Cessation of mitosis is a normal genetically programmed event.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : In plant tissue culture, somatic embryos can be induced from any plant cell.

Reason : Any viable plant cell can differentiate into somatic embryos.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : Many visitors to the hills suffer from skin and respiratory allergy problem.

Reason : Conifer trees produce a large quantity of wind-borne pollen grains.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : Yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae are used in baking industry.

Reason : Carbon dioxide produced during fermentation causes bread dough to rise by thermal expansion.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : In a food chain members of successive higher levels are fewer in number.

Reason : Number of organisms at any trophic level depends upon the availability of organisms which serve as food at the lower level.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Assertion : Tropical rain forests are disappearing fastly from developing countries such as India.

Reason : No value is attached to these forests because these are poor in biodiversity.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false statements

Drinking of mineral water with very low level of pesticides (about 0.02 ppm) for long periods may:

• produce immunity against mosquito

• cause leukemia (blood cancer) in most people

• cause cancer of the intestine

• lead to accumulation of pesticide residues in body fat