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Question

Given below are two statements

Statement I: Plants can tolerate drought either by mitigating the actual stress or by showing a high degree of tolerance to stress.

Statement II: Plants tolerate the stress by showing resistance to dehydration and by preventing leaf collapse, permit the plants to maintain a high internal water potential in spite of drought conditions.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

A Both Statement I and Statement II are true Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Both Statement I and Statement II are false Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Statement I is true but Statement II is false Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Statement I is false but Statement II is true Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Plants mitigate stress by showing resistance to dehydration and by preventing leaf collapse, permit the plants to maintain a high internal water potential inspite of drought conditions

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