Question

Assertion Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them.
Reason Lamarck's theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germ plasm.

• A. If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion, then mark
• B. If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion, then mark
• C. If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false, then mark
• D. If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

If humans share ancestry with other primates such as prosimian, monkeys etc, then remnants of that common ancestry should be present in our genes. The theory of continuity of germplasm was proposed by Weismann. So, both assertion and reason are false.