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Assertion : Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae are responsible for causing infectious disease in human beings.
Reason : A healthy person acquires the infection by inhaling the droplets/aerosols released by an infected person.

A

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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B
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