Assertion (A): Species is the lowest taxonomic category in the hierarchical arrangement and shows distinguishing characters from one species from other closely related species based on several phenotypic characters. However, as we go higher from species to kingdom the number of common characters sees on decreasing. Reason (R): All plants come under the highest category called kingdom, plantae. which has two major classes dicotyledonae andmonocotyledonae. Which of the following is true?

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Assertion (A): Species is the lowest taxonomic category in the hierarchical arrangement and shows distinguishing characters from one species from other closely related species based on several phenotypic characters. However, as we go higher from species to kingdom the number of common characters sees on decreasing. Reason (R): All plants come under the highest category called kingdom, plantae. which has two major classes dicotyledonae andmonocotyledonae. Which of the following is true? (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (B) (A) is true, but (R) is false (C) (A) and (R) are false (D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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Correct answer is (d) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)