Assertion: The development in cockroach is heterometabolous metamorphosis.
Reason: Young ones resemble the adults in all characters.

Options

A. 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 true 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

Answer

C

Explanation

Cockroaches undergo egg and nymphal stage before becoming adults. Eggs produced by female cockroaches are enclosed in resilient egg known as oothecae which develop into immature stage called nymph. Which resemble adult in appearance and behaviour but they are smaller in size and do not have clings.