Multiple choice

Assertion (A) ; Reason (R) (A) While chewing the pear fruit, we can feel the gritty nature (R) Pear fruit has sclereids in the ground tissue

  1. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  2. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  3. Assertion is true and reason is false

  4. Assertion if false and reason is true
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Explanation

The gritty texture in pear fruits is caused by the presence of sclereids (stone cells), which are a type of sclerenchyma tissue with thick lignified cell walls. These cells are distributed throughout the ground tissue (parenchyma) of the fruit. The assertion correctly describes the observable gritty sensation, and the reason accurately identifies the anatomical basis - sclereids in the ground tissue are indeed responsible.

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