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Assertion: Mechanism of muscle contraction is expalained by sliding-filaments theory.
Reason: Contraction of muscle fibre takes place by the sliding of thick filaments over the thin filaments.

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If both assertion and reason are ture and reason is the corect explanation of assertion

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If both assertion and reason are ture but reson is not the correct explanation of assertion

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If assertion is true reason is false

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If both assertion and reason are false

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Mechanism of muscle contraction is best explained by the sliding filament theory which states that contraction of a muscle fibre takes place by the sliding of the thin filaments over the thick filaments.
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