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Assertion : The honey bee queen copulates only once in her life time.
Reason : The honey bee queen can lay fertilized as well as unfertilized eggs.

A

If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a corret explanation of the assertion

B

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

C

If the assertion is ture but the reason is false

D

If both the assertion and reason are false

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B
Is is said that the queen gets mated only in her life but in a single chance of mating it lays about `1500-2000` eggs in a day. After mating the queen lays eggs in one brood cell. The larvae emerge out from both the fertilized as well as unfertilized eggs. Thus the larvae from the unfertilized eggs form the drones while the worker is developed from the larvae of fertilized eggs.
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  • Assertion. Honey Bee queen copulates only once in her life time. Reason. Honey Bee queen can lay fertilised as well as unfertilized eggs.

    A
    If both are true with reason being correct explanation
    B
    Both true but reason is not correct explanation
    C
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    D
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    B
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    A
    honey
    B
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    C
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    D
    mocro organisms

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