Assertion: The phospholipids of cell membrane are amphipathic.
Reason: Each phospholipid molecule has a polar head and a non-polar tail with only one saturated hydrocarbon chain.

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Assertion and reason are correct and reason correctly explains the assertion.

Assertion and reason are correct and reason does not correctly explain the assertion.

Assertion is correct and reason is incorrect.

Both assertion and reason are incorrect.

answer is C.

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The phospholipids of cell membrane are amphipathic as they have polar head towards the aqueous environment and non-polar hydrophobic tail with two saturated hydrocarbon chains towards the inner part and protected or unexposed to aqueous environment.

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