NEET Biology Mineral Nutrition In Plants Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : The bacterium in free-living condition can fix nitrogen. Reason : Rhizobium fixes nitrogen asymbiotically.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Rhizobium is a bacteria which form an efficient symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants and can fix upto 100-500 kg nitrogen per hectare of land.


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