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Assertion (A): Darwin preferred pea plants for his experiments on genetics as it is a unisexual plant.
Reason (R): Pea plants are normally self-pollinated.
- (a)(A) is true and (R) is false.
- (b)(A) is false and (R) is true.
- (c)Both (A) and (R) are true.
- (d)Both (A) and (R) are false.
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(A) is false and (R) is true.
Reason — It was Gregor Mendel, not Darwin, who conducted genetic experiments using pea plants. Also, pea plants are bisexual, they have both male and female reproductive organs in the same flower.