Practicing Success
Assertion: Amniocentesis is not often missemployed. Reason: This procedure is used to test for the presence of certain disorders like malaria,typhoid. |
Assertion is correct but reason is wrong. Assertion is wrong but reason is correct. Assertion is correct and but reason is not correct explanation of assertion. Both assertion and reason are wrong. |
Both assertion and reason are wrong. |
The correct answer is Option (4) -Both assertion and reason are wrong. This procedure is used to test for the presence of certain genetic disorders such as, down syndrome, haemoplilia, sickle-cell anemia, etc., determine the survivability of the foetus. A statutory ban on using amniocentesis is specifically for sex determination in order to legally address the growing issue of female foeticide. In some countries, particularly where there's a severe problem of female foeticide or gender-based abortions, legislation has been enacted to prohibit using prenatal diagnostic techniques, including amniocentesis, solely for determining the sex of the fetus. |