NEETBotanyBiological Classification
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Viruses are facultative parasites Reason: Viruses can live, grow and multiply outside the host cell or organism
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion are Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion are Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
Viruses are obligate parasites and cannot survive for a long time when kept outside the host cell.