Question

Directions: Choose the correct option:​
Assertion (A): Lymph acts as a middle man between blood and tissue fluid.​
Reason (R): Lymph is a colourless fluid.​

• A. Assertion(A) is true and reason(R) is false.​
• B. Both assertion(A) and reason(R) are true and reason(R) is the correct explanation for assertion(A). ​
• C. Both assertion(A) and reason(R) are true, but reason(R) is not the correct explanation for assertion.​
• D. Assertion(A) is false and reason(R) is false.​

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both assertion(A) and reason(R) are true, but reason(R) is not the correct explanation for assertion.​

Correct option: (b) Both assertion(A) and reason(R) are true, but reason(R) is not the correct explanation for assertion(A).​

• Lymph is a colourless fluid that ooze out of the blood capillaries.​
• Lymph transports the nutrients that have got filtered out of the blood capillaries back into the heart.​
• Lymph brings back the carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes from tissue fluid to the blood. ​
• This way it acts as a middle man between blood and tissue fluid.​
• Therefore, both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.​