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Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is living fossil.
Reason : Organisms which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past several million years while their relative disappeared.

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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 reason are ture but the reason is not a 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

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Ginko biloba is a living fossil because its ancestors are unchanged for the last many hudred years while its relative disppeared.
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