NEET Biology Structural Organisation In Animals Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : Total count of RBC comes out to be very low in polycythemia. Reason : Number of erythrocytes get reduced in the condition of polycythemia.

    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: D

    Solution :

    Total count of RBC refers to the total number of red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) present in one microlitre of the blood. It average 5 million and 4.5 million in adult man and woman respectively. Total count of RBC comes out to be very low in condition of anaemia and after profuse bleeding. On the contrary, polycythemia is the condition which arises due to the abnormal rise in the total count of RBC.


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