Assertion: DNA polymerase III can initiate the synthesis of new DNA strands.
Reason: DNA polymerase III has a 5' to 3' exonuclease activity that allows it to remove RNA primers and fill the gaps with DNA nucleotides.
Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
The Assertion is false, as DNA polymerase III cannot initiate the synthesis of new DNA strands. Rather, it requires a pre-existing RNA primer to start the synthesis process. The Reason is true, as DNA polymerase III has a 5' to 3' exonuclease activity that allows it to remove RNA primers and fill the gaps with DNA nucleotides.
Option 4 is the correct answer.