Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the option given below:
Assertion: Trypsin helps in blood digestion of predator animals.
Reason : Trypsin hydrolyses fibrinogen.

Options

A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B. If both the assertion and the reason are true but the reason is a not correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D. If both the assertion and reason are false

Answer

a

Explanation

(a) Trypsin is protein digesting enzyme present in the intestine of animals. Though it cannot digest casein ( a milk protein), n predator animals drinking the blood of their prey, trypsin hydrolyses fibrinogen of blood into fibrin, leading to blood coagulation thus help in blood digestion. It also acitvates other pancreatic proteases.