Biology
Assertion: Leukoplasts are the kind of plastids which do not contain any pigment. They are colourless.
Reason: Leukoplasts do not play any significant role in plants due to the absence of pigments.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
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A is true but R is false.
Reason — A is true as leukoplasts are colourless plastids because they lack pigments. They are commonly found in roots, seeds, and underground stems.
R is false as even though leukoplasts lack pigments, they perform important functions such as storage of starch, proteins, oils.
Therefore, A is true but R is false is the correct option.
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