Question

Assertion (A): Fever is a symptom for an infection.

Reason (R): Pathogens cannot tolerate high temperature.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
• B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A.
• C. A is true and R is false.
• D. A is false and R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.

Correct Option is A:

Assertion Statement:

1. Fever is a symptom of an infection.
2. Fever is the manifestation of combating infection in our body by the immune system.

Reason Statement:

1. Pathogens cannot tolerate high temperatures.
2. Fever increases the body temperature which is unfavorable for the multiplication of pathogens that prevents the spread of infection by boosting the immune response of the system.

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.