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Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is living fossil.
Reason : Organisms which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past several million years while their relative disappeared.

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Asseration

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Assertion is true, but Reason is false

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Asseration is false , but Reason is true

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Ginlgo biloba is a living fossil because it is unchanged for many hundred years , while its relatives disappeared
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