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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:

Assertion: Interferons help in the elimination of viral infections.
Reason: Interferons released by infected cells, reach nearby unaffected cells and make them resistant to viral infection.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct  but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is not correct.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason are false (F ).

Correct Answer:

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Virus infected cells secrete proteins called interferons, which protect non-infected cells from further viral infection.

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