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AIIMS 2013
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2013
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Ecosystem

AIIMS 2013 · Botany · Ecosystem

Assertion : Rice field is an ecosystem for plants and animals....

Assertion : Rice field is an ecosystem for plants and animals. Reason : Gut of human/animals is an ecosystem for flora and fauna.

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

B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Step-by-step solution

The human digestive system carries about trillions of microorganisms colonising the gut making an amazing ecosystem that live together in harmony. In this context human intestine is said to be rich in flora and fauna. The microorganisms perform a host of useful functions, such as fermenting unused energy substrates, training the immune system, preventing growth of harmful, pathogenic bacteria, regulating the development of the gut, producing vitamins for the host (such as biotin and vitamin K\mathrm{K} ), and producing hormones to direct the host to store fats. Fish culture is sometimes done in combination with a rice crop, so that fish are grown in the water in the paddy field. Thus, a rice field is an example of ecosystem inhabiting both plants and animals.
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