Assertion and reasoning in genetics — task. Science State Board, Class 10.

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In the given exercise, an Assertion is followed by the corresponding Reason. Select the suitable answer from the given options:

1.

Assertion:	Similarities between parents and offspring is due to the inheritance of characters from parents to offspring.
Reason:	Gene is the structural and functional unit of heredity.

Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion and reason are correct, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion is correct but reason is false.
Assertion is false, but reason is correct

2.

Assertion:	In the dihybrid cross, two new combinations of traits with round green and wrinkled yellow had appeared in the $F2$ generation.
Reason:	When two or more pairs of characters are inherited at the same time, the factors or genes of one pair sort out independently of the other pair.

Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion and reason are correct, but reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Assertion is correct but reason is false.
Assertion is false, but reason is correct.

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