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  4. Assertion: Sclereids are found in fruit walls of nuts, pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota and seed coats of legumes. Reason: Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead cells with narrow lumen.

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Q. Assertion : Sclereids are found in fruit walls of nuts, pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota and seed coats of legumes.
Reason : Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead cells with narrow lumen.

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

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Correct answer is (b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion