Question

take some gram seeds in a bowl, labelled A, and add water to them. Leave them undisturbed for a day. Similarly, put some boiled gram seeds in another bowl, labelled B. You will observe that most of the seeds in bowl A have sprouted, but none of the seeds in bowl B have sprouted. Think and find the reason why the boiled seeds have not sprouted.

Answer 1

Boiling of seeds denatures many enzymes inside the seed that are important for germination. This is why, when we boil seeds, they are denatured due to heat and thus, do not sprout.