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Assertion : Inspite of exposure to large number of infectious agents humans are resistive to diseases.
Reason : Humans are able to defend against most of the foreign agents due to the ability to fight disease-causing organisms.

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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C

If assertin is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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