CBSE 2024 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q15 · 1 mark
Assertion (A) : Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a pathogen of several monocot plants.
Reason (R) : It is able to deliver a piece of DNA known as 'T-DNA' to transform normal plant cells into a tumor.
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From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(D)
Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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