Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as…

Biology · NEET · NTA ExamsBiotechnology: Principles and Processes

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason.

STATEMENT - 1 (Assertion): Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers the foreign genetic material via its special plasmid into the target plant.

STATEMENT - 2 (Reason): Agrobacterium tumefaciens is popular in genetic engineering because this bacterium is associated with the roots of all cereal and pulse crops.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
  4. Both Assertion and Reason are false

Answer

(C) Assertion is true but Reason is false

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