Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Strategies for enhancement in Food production

Question:

Assertion: Biofortified crop is a source of higher proteins , minerals and healthier fats .
Reason:Azolla is biofertilizer .

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) and Reason both are false (F ).

Correct Answer:

Both Assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Biofortification is a process of increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through plant breeding, transgenic techniques, or agronomic practices.

Biofortified crop is a good source of higher protein, minerals and healthier fats and when consumed regularly, will generate measurable improvements in human health and nutrition.

Azolla is a floating pteridophyte, which contains as endosymbiont the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae. Thus it acts as a biofertilizer by functioning as a nitrogen source to plants. .