NEETBotanyThe Living World
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The first word in a biological name represents the specific epithet while the genus is denoted by the second component. Reason: Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in bold to indicate their Latin origin.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the specific epithet. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their latin origin.