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Human Health and Disease — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Disease1 Mark
Question
For question, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion and the other labelled Reason. Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

  1. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. Assertion is true, but reason is false.
  4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion :Mucous membrane immobilises the micro-organisms in the body

Reason: Microorganisms and dust particles entering the respiratory tract are trapped in the mucus.

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Answer

  1. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Explanation:

Innate immunity is non-specific type of defence, that is accomplished by providing different types of barriers to the entry of the foreign agents into our body. Mucus coating of the epithelium lining in the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts traps microbes and prevents their entry in our body.

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