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Assertion : DNA serves as hereditary mat...

Assertion : DNA serves as hereditary material.
Reason : DNA functions as blue-print for builing and running cellular machinery.

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

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The correct Answer is:
A
Hershey and chase experiment proves that DNA is considered as a genetic material as it passes on characters from generation to generative.
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