Assertion (A): Viruses cause diseases and replicate when they are in the host. Reason (R): Viruses do not replicate outside the host but they remain alive. The correct answer is:

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Assertion (A): Viruses cause diseases and replicate when they are in the host. Reason (R): Viruses do not replicate outside the host but they remain alive. The correct answer is: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (B) Both (A) and (R) ane true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (C) (A) is true but (R) is false (D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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Viruses are microscopic, non-cellular, infectious particles which cause diseases in plants and animals. They replicate only when present within the host cells. Outside of the host cell they are only non-living particles.

Q. Assertion (A): Viruses cause diseases and replicate when they are in the host. Reason (R) : Viruses do not replicate outside the host but they remain alive. The correct answer is:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of

Both (A) and (R) ane true but (R) is not the correct explanation of

(A) is true but (R) is false

(A) is false but (R) is true

Viruses are microscopic, non-cellular, infectious particles which cause diseases in plants and animals. They replicate only when present within the host cells. Outside of the host cell they are only non-living particles.