Assertion(A): There is pulling of water, molecule by molecule, into the leaf from the xylem.
Reason(R): Evaporation of water through stomata facilitates the movement of water against gravity.
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.