Question

Assertion- Petro plants produce a large amount of latex.
Reason- The latex contains long-chain hydrocarbons
A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
C. An assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
D. Bit Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

Hint: These plants are energy conserving plants that are used in industries that mainly produce liquid fuels.

Complete answer:
Petro plants are the plants that are grown for the production of petrochemicals. The facility of the production of the goods to supply to the industries is known as a petrochemical plant. The petrochemical plants are of various types that have different end products of petrochemical products. Some have common uses and others are mainly for industrial use.
Petro plants are known to yield latex, resins, and oleoresin which can be converted to ethylene products. The latex of such plants provides liquid hydrocarbons as a substitute for liquid fuels. The hydrocarbons present in these plants can be converted to petroleum hydrocarbons.
These hydrocarbons producing plants are called Petro plants and their crop is called petro crops. They accumulate photosynthetic products (hydrocarbon) of high molecular weight (10, 000). Petro plants are obtained from the families Euphorbiaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Sapotaceae, Moraceae, Dipterocarpaceae, etc.
Petrochemicals are products produced from hydrocarbon-based raw materials such as oil or gas, which are referred to as feedstocks. Trade-in petrochemicals are international and involve large sums of money.

So, the correct answer is ‘Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion’.

Note: Latex is elastic. Some are collected for their resins or their alkaloids. It is mainly a long chain of hydrocarbon polymers consisting of cos-1,4-polyisoprene. The protein surrounds the latex hydrocarbon chain to prevent it from coagulating. It left unattended for some time, bacteria in the surrounding might produce acid, which will neutralize the protein colloid, enabling the latex hydrocarbon chain to interact with each other and coagulate.