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Assertion: Sclereids are found in fruit walls of nuts, pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota and seed coats of legumes.
Reason: Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead cells with narrow lumen.

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.

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