NEET Biology Organisms and population Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:         
    Assertion            :  Growth of different body parts is differential.
    Reason              :  During human growth, muscles show minimum growth, while brain shows maximum growth.

    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: C

    Solution :

    The growth rate is not uniforms but is different at different period of life. So the growth is differential. In human beings, the muscles show maximum growth (from 0.8 Kg in newly born bady to 30 Kg in adult) while brain shows minimum growth (from 0.4 Kg in newly born bady to 1 Kg in adult) from birth to adult hood.


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