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Classification of Animals

Question

Assertion (A) : Platypus is classified as mammal.
Reason (R) : Platypus is oviparous.

Moderate

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C

(A) is true but (R) is false.
D

Both (A) and (R) are false.

Solution

Ornithorhynchus (platypus) is oviparous (egg-laying) mammal. It is classified as mammal due to the presence of mammary glands and ability to nourish its young ones with its milk (not due to oviparity).

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