NEETBotanyThe Living World
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Animals like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds along with mammals constitute the next higher category called Class. Reason: Based on common features like presence of notochord and ventral hollow neural system, are included in phylum Chordata.
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
Classes comprising animals like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds along with mammals constitute the next higher category called Phylum. Based on the common features like presence of notochord and dorsal hollow neural system, are included in phylum Chordata.