The Living World Question 269

Question: Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil. Reason : Organism which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past several million years while their relative disappeared. [AIIMS 2000]

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: A

Solution:

Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil because its ancestors are unchanged for the last many hundred years while its relative disappeared.