NEET Biology Animal Kingdom Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : Hydra is green coloured. Reason : Green colour is due to the presence of chlorophyll in their body wall.

    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 :

    H. viridis is green in colour. Its bright green colour is not because of chlorophyll containing chloroplasts, but due to the presence of symbiotic zoochlorallae, Chlorella vulgaris, a unicellular green alga, that lives in its gastrodermal cells.


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