Assertion: Gibberellins cause fruits like apple to elongate and improve its shape. Reason: GA3 is used to speed up the malting process in brewing industry.

Question

Assertion: Gibberellins cause fruits like apple to elongate and improve its shape. Reason: GA3 is used to speed up the malting process in brewing industry. (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

Application of gibberellins increases the number and size of several fruits e.g., grape, tomato. Size and shape of apple fruits is enhanced by application of GA4, and GA7 mixture. Gibberellins (e.g., GA3) increase the yield of malt from barley grains i.e., malting.

Q. Assertion : Gibberellins cause fruits like apple to elongate and improve its shape.
Reason : $G A_{3}$ is used to speed up the malting process in brewing industry.

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

Application of gibberellins increases the number and size of several fruits e.g., grape, tomato. Size and shape of apple fruits is enhanced by application of $G A_{4}$ , and $G A_{7}$ mixture. Gibberellins (e.g., $G A_{3}$ ) increase the yield of malt from barley grains i.e., malting.

Q. Assertion : Gibberellins cause fruits like apple to elongate and improve its shape. Reason : GA3​ is used to speed up the malting process in brewing industry.