Question

Assertion: Euglena is a plant due it presence of chlorophyll.
Reason: Euglena cannot be classified a the basis of two kingdom system

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Euglena is a green coloured, single celled organism which moves like animals. Some taxonomists considered it a plant and included it in the plant kingdom on the basis of chlorophyll while others included it in animal kingdom along with the protozoans because of the locomotion by flagella.