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A mixed nerve...

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A mixed nerve is one which

(a) carries sensations from two or more different sense organs .

(b) contains both sensory and motor fibres.

(c) has a common root but branches into two or more nerves to different organs.

(d) has two or more roots from different parts of brain.

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Solution

(b) Contains both sensory and motor fibres.
option b is correct

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