NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: ANIMAL KINGDOM

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Assertion: The duck-billed Platypus and the spiny ant-eater,
both are egg-laying animals yet
they are grouped under mammals
Reason: Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12
pairs of cranial nerves

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Correct option: A

If both the assertion and the reason are true and the
reason is a correct explanation of the
assertion

Option A (If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion) is correct because both platypus and echidna lay eggs and are grouped under mammals due to mammalian characteristics like mammary glands, hair, and three middle ear bones, which are associated with having seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

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