MCQ
Direction: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as 'assertion $A'$ and the other labelled as 'reason $R$'. You arc to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): The plants and animals that live on land are said to live in terrestrial habitat.
Reason (R): Ponds, rivers, lakes, etc., are examples of terrestrial habitats.
  • A
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • D
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer

Correct option: C.
$A$ is true but $R$ is false
Assertion$-A$ is true, Reason$-R$ is false. Ponds, rivers, lakes are aquatic habitats.​​​​​​​

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