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Assertion Growth involves the synthesis of protoplasmic materials.
Reason During growth, catabolic activities are faster than anabolic activities.

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the corrrect explanation of Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

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Assertion is true, but Reason is false

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Assertion is false, but Reason is true

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Growth may be defined as the increase in size and weight of an oganism due to synthesis of new protoplasuic materials. Growth occurs when the anabolic activities exceed the catabolic activities.
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