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Assertion (A): Placental mammals are considered as true mammals.

Reason (R): Only placental mammals feed their young ones with mother’s milk.

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Correct option: © Assertion(A) is true and reason(R) is false.

Placental mammals are considered as true mammals because these mammals show all the characteristics of the class Mammalia.

The placental mammals, marsupial mammals, egg-laying mammals and more, all feed their young ones with mother's milk.

So, the assertion is true and the reason is false.

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