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Assertion:There are more colour blind men than woman throughout the world
Reason : Colour blindness is a sex-linked disease resulting from a recessive gene on the Y chromosomes.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true but Reason is false

D

Assertion is false but Reason is true

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B
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