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Evaluation · Q21

Q.Assertion: In Spirulina culture, half of the required nutrients added first and the rest in later.
Reason: If all the nutrients are added first, it will affect the culture growth.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) Both A and R are false.
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Step 1. The Assertion matches the chapter's Spirulina culture steps exactly: 'Add half of the required nutrients first and add another half later' — so the Assertion is true.

Step 2. The Reason offers an explanation for why nutrients are staged rather than added all at once: adding the full nutrient dose immediately can disturb a young culture (e.g. through nutrient/salt-concentration shock), affecting its growth. This is consistent with standard practice for establishing a delicate microalgal culture, and is the same underlying logic that justifies the staged-addition step given in the text. …

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