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AIIMS 2012
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2012
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Structural Organisation in Animals

AIIMS 2012 · Zoology · Structural Organisation in Animals

Assertion : Frog can change its colour, according to its...

Assertion : Frog can change its colour, according to its surroundings.Reason : It is a way of mimicry to capture preys.

Options

  1. AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
  2. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
  3. CIf assertion is true but reason is false
  4. DIf both assertion and reason are false

Correct answer

C. If assertion is true but reason is false

Step-by-step solution

Frogs are able to change the colour of their skins to match with that of the surroundings. It makes them hard to be noticed by enemies. This is a type of protective colouration known as camouflage not mimicry. Changes in colour are possible by dispersion or concentration of special amoeboid pigment cells in their skin.
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