Question

Assertion: If your hands come in contact with hot objects (perhaps stove burner, hot plate, hot pan or a hot potato), a reflex causes you to immediately remove your hand before the message from the brain.

Reason: Heat shock reflex arc is polysynaptic and the relay neuron also sends the information to the brain.

• A. Assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
• B. Both assertion and reason are correct.
• C. Assertion is wrong but reason is correct.
• D. Neither assertion nor reason is correct.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Both assertion and reason are correct.

Heat shock reflex arc is polysynaptic in nature and involves a communication to the brain also. It is because of this relay processing that the brain is able to override the reflex response after some time of exposure to the stimulus