Question

Assertion [A]: Lion and tiger belong to the same genus.
Reason [R]: Lion and tiger cannot interbreed to produce fertile offspring.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is B Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

Lion and tiger belong to the genus Panthera. They belong to the same genus because of various similarities in morphological and other characters. They, however, cannot interbreed successfully to produce a fertile offspring, which puts them under different species, leo and tigris respectively. Thus, the fact that they cannot interbreed is a reason for the different species they belong to, and not the reason for sharing the same genus.