Assertion : Taxon and category are different things. Reason : Category shows hierarchical classification.

Question

In the following questions Assertion and Reason are provided. Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Mark your responses from the following options.

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion .

(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion .

(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.

(d) Both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

Assertion : Taxon and category are different things.

Reason : Category shows hierarchical classification.

Answer 1

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion .

Explanation:

A category is a rank or level in the hierarchial classification of organisms. Taxon is a unit in classification which may represent any level of grouping of organisms based on certain common characteristics. There is some confusion in the use of taxon and category, for example Bryophyta is a taxon while division is a category.