NEET Biology The Living World / जीव जगत Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       Cro-magnon man has more intelligence than the man of present time.            Reason        :       He is regarded as most recent ancestor of today's man.

    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: B

    Solution :

               Cro-Magnon man emerged about 34000 years ago. Thus it is regarded as most recent ancestor of today's man. It has, therefore, been called as Homo sapiens fossilis. The Cro-Magnon man was like us, about 1.8 meters, tall well-built body. Its face was perfectly orthognathous with an narrow, elevated nose, broad and arched forehead, moderate brow-ridges, strong jaws with man-like dentition and a well developed chin. Its cranial capacity was, however somewhat more than ours, being about 1650 cc(ours is 1400 cc). The Cro-Magnon man the direct ancestor of the living man.


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