Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biodiversity and Conservation

Question:

Assertion: Biologists are  sure about how many prokaryotic species there might be.

  Reason : The problem is that conventional taxonomic methods are  suitable for identifying microbial species.

Options:

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

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

Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.

Assertion (A)  and Reason (R) are false.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A)  and Reason (R) are false.

Explanation:

Biologists are not sure about how many prokaryotic species there might be. The problem is that conventional taxonomic methods are not suitable for identifying microbial species and many species are simply not culturable under laboratory conditions.

If we accept biochemical or molecular criteria for delineating species for this group, then their diversity alone might run into millions.