NEET Botany Taxonomic Categories Assertion Reason Question
Assertion (A): Order is a higher taxonomic category than family.
Reason (R): Families included in an order exhibit fewer similar characters compared to the genera included in a family.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false.
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
The assertion is correct because order is indeed a higher taxonomic category than family, and the reason correctly explains that families in an order share fewer similar characters than genera in a family, as stated in the NCERT context.
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