Multiple Choice Questions

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Assertion: Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world.

Reason: Coconut fruit can float and gel dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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

Coconut requires the hot and wet climate hence it is grown in coastal areas. It is widely grown in coastal and deltic regions of tropical and subtropical countries. Coconut fruit shows hydrochory i.e. the dispersal takes place through water medium. Being the inhabitant of coastal area the fruit is so adapted that it can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability.


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Assertion: Among the primates. chimpanzee is the closest relative of the present day humans.

Reason: The banding pattern in the autosome numbers 3 and 6 of man and chimpanzee is remarkably similar.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Natural selection is the outcome of differences in survival and reproduction among individuals that show variation in one or more traits.

Reason: Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; less adaptive ones become less common or disappear.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Dope test is used to estimate the level of blood alcohol by analysing the breath of persons drinking alcohol.

Reason: A drunken person usually feels tense and less talkative

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Animals adopt different strategies to survive in hostile environment.

Reason: Praying mantis is green in colour which merges with plant foliage

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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Assertion: Insects visit flowers to gather honey.

Reason: Attraction of flowers prevents the insects from damaging other parts of the plant.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Cattle breeds can be improved by superovulation and embryo transplantation.

Reason: Superovulation in high milk-yielding cows is induced by hormonal injection.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Red algae contribute in producing coral reefs.

Reason: Some red algae secrete and deposit calcium carbonate over their walls.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: From evolutionary point of view, human gestation period is believed to be shortening.

Reason: One major evolutionary trend in humans has been the larger head undergoing relatively faster growth rate in the foetal stage.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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Assertion: The honey bee queen copulates only once in her life time.

Reason: The honey bee queen can lay fertilized as well as unfertilized eggs.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.