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Assertion : Euglena is called as plant a...

Assertion : Euglena is called as plant animal.
Reason : Pellicle of Euglena is made up of cellulose and not protein.

A

If both assertion and reason and true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason and true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
C
Euglena is studiedd as plant as well as animal. It is called plant animal. Plant characters of Euglena are presence of chloroplasts with chlorophyll and holophytic (photosynthetic) nutrition in presence of light. Animal characters of Euglena are presence of pellicle which is made up of proteins and not of cellulose, presence of stigma and paraflagellar body (photosensitive) structure. presence of contractile vacuole (not found in plants) and presence of longitudinal binary fission.
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