Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).Assertion: It is possible to regenerate a whole plant from a single plant cell.Reason: It is easier to introduce transgenes into plants than animals.

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: The enzymatic degradation of cell wall to obtain single cell called protoplast has helped immensely in developing somatic cell genetics in plants.
Reason: In plants or animals, fusion of two cells must occur through the plasma membrane.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion: Plants convert fatty acids into glucose.
Reason: Plants have peroxisomes.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: MTT assay is used to determine cell viability based on the principle of color formation by DNA fragmentation.
Reason: MTT assay is used to determine cell viability based on the color development by converting tetrazolium soluble sail to insoluble salt.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: Cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) is invariably due to defect(s) in mitochondrial function.
Reason: cms can be overcome by pollinating a fertility restoring (Rf ) plant with pollen from a non cms plant.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is false but (R) is true

D

(A) is true but (R) is false

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: Somatic embryogenesis in plants is a twostep process comprising of embryo initiation followed by embryo production.
Reason: Embryo initiation is independent of the presence of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, whereas embryo production requires a high concentration of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion: The production of secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures is enhanced by the addition of elicitors.
Reason: Elicitors induce the expression of enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: The association constant in water for the G-C base pair is three times lower than that for the A-T base pair.
Reason: There are three hydrogen bonds in the G-C base pair and two in the A-T base pair.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

(A) is false, but (R) is true

C

Both (A) and (R) are false

D

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion: An antigen recognized by one immunoglobulin subtype is not recognized by any other subtype.
Reason: Immunoglobulin subtypes differ from each other both in the variable and in the constant regions.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

Both (A) and (R) are false

D

(A) is true but (R) is false

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (a) and Reason (r).
Assertion: During rolling, front tension and (or) back tension are (is) employed to decrease rolling load.
Reason: Roll pressure decreases due to lowering of flow stress as a result of front tension/back tension.

A

a is false but r is true

B

a is true and r is also true, but r is not the reason for a

C

a is true and r is also true, and r is the reason for a

D

a is true but r is false

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: A very low amount of inhibitor can act as an activator for allosteric enzymes.
Reason: Allosteric enzymes follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

(A) is false but (R) is true

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: It is possible to regenerate a whole plant from a single plant cell.
Reason: It is easier to introduce transgenes into plants than animals.

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