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

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    Assertion                :       Coacervates are belived to be the precursors of life. Reason                   :       Coacervates were self-duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules                                                                                                                                                                 [AIIMS 2004]

    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 :

                   Oparin and Sydney Fox held that large organic molecules synthesised abiotically on primitive earth and formed large colloidal aggregates due to intermolecular attraction. These colloidal particles were called coacervates. In coacervates, lipid molecules are joined end to end forming a layer around each aggregate. This represents a single lipid membrane. Coacervates divide by budding like bacteria.


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