NEET Biology question

Assertion: Viruses cause diseases and replicate when they are in the host. Reason: Viruses do not replicate outside the host but they remain alive.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is FalseCorrect
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

The Assertion is true: viruses cause disease and replicate only when inside a living host cell. The Reason is false: outside the host, viruses do not remain "alive" in an

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