Animal Kingdom Question 846

Question: Assertion : Hydra is green coloured. Reason : Green colour is due to the presence of chlorophyll in their body wall.

Options:

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

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

C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D) If both the assertion and reason are false

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

H. viridis is green in colour.

Its bright green colour is not because of chlorophyll containing chloroplasts, but due to the presence of symbiotic zoochlorallae, Chlorella vulgaris, a unicellular green alga, that lives in its gastrodermal cells.