Assertion: DCT and collecting duct maintain the pH and ionic balance of blood Reason: DCTs of many nephrons open into a collecting duct

Question

Assertion: DCT and collecting duct maintain the pH and ionic balance of blood Reason: DCTs of many nephrons open into a collecting duct (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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Correct answer is (b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Q. Assertion : DCT and collecting duct maintain the pH and ionic balance of blood Reason : DCTs of many nephrons open into a collecting duct

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

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

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

Correct answer is (b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Q. Assertion : $D CT$ and collecting duct maintain the $p H$ and ionic balance of blood
Reason : $D CT s$ of many nephrons open into a collecting duct