Question

Assertion :Some fruits are furnished with hooks, spines, barbs, or other devices for sticking to the body of animals. Reason: Such fruits are dispersed by animals

• A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
• B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
• C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
• D. If both the assertion and reason are false

Answer 1

The correct option is A If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

Many fruits are provided with hooks, barbs, spines, bristles, stiff hair, etc. on their surface by means of which they adhere to the body of woolly animals as well as to the clothing of humans and are often carried by them to distant places. The animals are forced to carry such fruits and seeds, e.g. forced zoochory.