Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Organisms and Populations

Question:
Assertion: Cold deserts too exist. e.g., Tibet, Gobi.
Reasoning:: Desert can be hot, e.g., Thar, Sahara.
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 and 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 but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:

Desert can be cold (e.g., Tibet, Gobi) and hot (e.g., Thar, Sahara). The true desert is a place that has a rainfall of less than 12 cm/ yr while in extreme desert is less than 7 cm/ yr.