Assertion :Water and mineral uptake by root hairs from the soil occurs through apoplast until it reaches endodermis. Reason: Casparian strips in endo-dermis are suberized.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion. Water and mineral uptake by root hair from the soil occurs through apoplast till it reaches endodermis. The apoplastic movement is blocked by the suberized casparian strip in the endodermal cell when it moves beyond the endodermis. Hence option A is the correct answer.