CBSE 2023 · Region 1 · Set 3 · Q13 · 1 mark
Assertion (A) : A species of wasp and a fig species cannot complete their life cycle without each other.
Reason (R) : While visiting wasps come to lay eggs in the fig inflorescence, the flower of wasp gets pollinated in return.
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
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