NEET Biology question

**Statement 1:** Earthworm is hermaphrodite. **Statement 2:** Hermaphroditism compensates for the lack of asexual reproduction by increasing the rate of multiplication.

(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 AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

The earthworm is indeed hermaphrodite, possessing both testes and ovaries (statement 1, true). Hermaphroditism in earthworms is primarily an adaptation that allows any two individuals that meet to mate successfully (since both partners are reproductively compatible), rather

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