GATE XL 2023 XL-S Q77: life-sciences

Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and the Reason [r].

Assertion [a]: Endospore can survive heat that would rapidly kill vegetative cells of the same species.

Reason [r]: In endospore, the protoplasm is reduced to minimum volume as a result of the accumulation of calcium-dipicolinic acid complexes and small acid-soluble spore proteins, which forms a cytoplasmic gel and a thick cortex.

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Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is not the correct reason for [a]

Both [a] and [r] are false

[a] is true but [r] is false

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