Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biodiversity and Conservation

Question:
Assertion: Temperate deciduous forest is two – storeyed forest.
Reason: Two stories are formed of soft wood and hard wood trees.
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 but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reason(R) is not correct.
Both Assertion (A) and Reason are false (F ).
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and Reason are false (F ).
Explanation:
Temperate deciduous forest are four-storeyed. The top stratum is occupied by trees reaching a height of 30-40m. There is an undertorey of small trees, an intermediate stratum of shrubs and a ground stratum made of herbs, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. Vines are found here and there. a few soft-wood trees (conifers) may occur at places interpresed with hard-wood trees.