Question

Assertion :

Higher yield in case of bell pepper can be achieved by growing them in CO${}_2$ enriched greenhouses.

Reason: Due to higher intracellular CO${}_2$ concentration in bundle sheath cells, RuBisCO mainly acts as carboxylating enzyme.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

The assertion is correct as higher yields of bell pepper is obtained when grown in carbon dioxide enriched greenhouses. The correct reason would be 'due to the increase in carbon dioxide, the rate of fixation of carbon dioxide increases which results in a higher concentration of photosynthetic products and hence, there is a higher yield.

So the correct answer is 'Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect'.