NEET Biology Animal Kingdom Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : Characters of cyclostomes show an advance over Amphioxus. Reason : Cyclostomes have some degenerated characters.

    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

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Following are the characters of cyclostomes showing an advance over Amphious. A distinct head, however may be secondary, a so-called cranium, a more advanced brain, pro and mesonephric kidneys, secondary notochord, vertebrae introduced (lampreys) etc. Cyclostomes also have some particular specialization like tongue apparatus, sucking mouth with horny teeth, sac-like gill pouches, separate branchial sac with branchial basket etc. The degenerated characters of cyclostomes are - (i) toungue appartus (ii) rudimentary paired eyes in hagfishes (iii) lack of exoskeleton (iv) reduced liver and lack of gall bladder and bile duct in adult lamperey.


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