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Assertion: The duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteater, both are egg-laying animals yet they are grouped under mammals.
Reason: Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

A

If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explaination of Assertion

B

If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explaination of Assertion

C

If Assertion is true but Reason is false .

D

If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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