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Assertion (A) : Growth is measurable.
Reason ( R) : At a cellular level, growth simply means in the amount of protoplasm. One single maize root apical meristem can give rise to more than 17,500 new cells / hour, it is in terms of increase in cell number and cells in the watermelon can increase in size upto 3,50,000, here growth is measured in terms of size of the cells.
Therefore Growth is measured in terms of increase in cell number, area, volume, lenght etc.

A

Both (A) and ( R) are worng

B

(A) is correct and (R ) explains (A)

C

(A) is wrong and (R ) is correct.

D

(A) is correct and (R ) does not explain (A)

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