Assertion :Arrhenius considered the panspermia as mainly responsible for transfer of germs from other planets to Earth. Reason: Present day study of meteorites as Allan Hills -84001 knocked out from Mars in Antarctica is rich aromatic hydrocarbons deposited by biological activity.

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

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

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Solution

The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
Assertion is correct as Arrhenius considered the panspermia as mainly responsible for transfer of germs from other planets to Earth. Cosmozoic or Interplanetary theory was put forward by Richter and supported by Arrhenius and others. It stated that the life had reached the Earth from some other heavenly body in the form of resistant spores.
Reason is also correct but not correct explanation of assertion as Present day study of meteorites as Allan Hills -84001 knocked out from Mars in Antarctica is rich aromatic hydrocarbons deposited by biological activity. Hence option B is correct.

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