Question

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Combining all desirable character in a single cultivar of mango is difficult
Reason (R) : Mango is a homogeneous crop of suspected diploid origin

• A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
• C. (A) is true but (R) is false.
• D. (A) is false but (R) is true.

Hint:

Mango has a basic chromosome number of $x = 10$, making the somatic chromosome count $2n = 4x = 40$.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C