NEET Biology question

Statement 1: The duck-billed platypus and the spiny ant-eater both are the egg-laying animals yet they are grouped under mammals. Statement 2: Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

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

Answer: (A)

Solution

Statement 1 is true, as the platypus and echidna lay eggs yet are classified as mammals because of their hair, mammary glands and other mammalian traits. Statement 2 is also true and correctly explains this classification, since both monotremes share the

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