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Statement 1:

The duck-billed platypus and the spiny ant-eater both are the egg-laying animals yet they grouped under mammals.

Statement 2:

Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

a)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d)

Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

 



Question ID - 501 | SaraNextGen Top Answer

Statement 1:

The duck-billed platypus and the spiny ant-eater both are the egg-laying animals yet they grouped under mammals.

Statement 2:

Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

a)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c)

Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d)

Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

 

1 Answer
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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

Spiny ant eater and duck-billed platypus belong to sub-class-Prototheria of class-Mammalia. These are connecting link between reptiles and mammals. Prototherians are egg laying mammals.

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