NEETBotanyAnimal Kingdom
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates Reason: Vertebrates possess notochord in their adult stage and all chordates possess a vertebral column
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
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
The members of subphylum Vertebrata possess notochord during the embryonic period. The notochord is replaced by a cartilaginous or bony vertebral column in the adult. Thus all vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates.