Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Leaves of dicots are dorsiventral leaves.
Statement II: A dicot leaf has more number of stomata on the adaxial side than on the abaxial side.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.

Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Both statement I and statement II are correct

answer is A.

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Dicot leaves are dorsiventral leaves because the adaxial side or ventral side is different from abaxial side or dorsal side.

Dorsal side has more stomata in the epidermis and has spongy mesophyll. Ventral side has less or no stomata and it has palisade mesophyll.

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