AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2007

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    Direction for: In each of the following questions a statement of Assertion is given followed by a corresponding statement of Reason just below it. Of the statements mark the correct answer as

    Assertion: Euglena is a plant due it presence of chlorophyll. Reason: Euglena cannot be classified a the basis of two kingdom system

    A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

    B) If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanations of Assertion.

    C) If Assertion is true, but Reason is false.

    D) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Euglena is a green coloured, single celled organism which moves like animals. Some taxonomists considered it a plant and included it in the plant kingdom on the basis of chlorophyll while others included it in animal kingdom along with the protozoans because of the locomotion by flagella.


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