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Assertion : Synthesis of daughter or new srand accurs continuously along the parent `3' rarr 5'` strand.
Reason:DNA polymerase can polymerise nucleotides in `3' rarr 5'` direction on `5' rarr 3'` strand.

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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

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If assertion is true but reason is false

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if both assertion and reason are false.

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(c) : DNA -polymerase nucleotides only in `5' rarr 3'` direction on `3'rarr5'` strand because it adds them at the 3' end
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