Assertion: Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world. Reason: Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability

Question

Assertion: Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world. Reason: Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability (A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion (B) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion (C) If Assertion is true but Reason is false (D) If both Assertion and Reason are false

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Coconut is widely grown in coastal and deltic regions of tropical and subtropical countries. The dispersal of coconut takes place through water (i.e. hydrochory). It can float and dispersed over thousand of kilometers before losing viability.

Q. Assertion : Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world. Reason : Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability

If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

If Assertion is true but Reason is false

If both Assertion and Reason are false

Coconut is widely grown in coastal and deltic regions of tropical and subtropical countries. The dispersal of coconut takes place through water (i.e. hydrochory). It can float and dispersed over thousand of kilometers before losing viability.

Q. Assertion : Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world.
Reason : Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability