Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Chemistry in Everyday Life

Question:

In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

Assertion : Chemical messengers are chemicals that enable communication of message between two neurons or between neurons and muscles  .

Reason : Chemicals enter the cell through receptor.

Options:

Assertion and Reason both are correct but reason does not explain assertion.

Assertion and Reason both are correct and reason explains the assertion.

Both assertion and reason are wrong statement.

Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

Correct Answer:

Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

Explanation:

Chemical messengers are chemicals that enable communication of message between two neurons or between neurons and muscles.Chemical messages are transmitted to specific receptors through the extracellular fluids or across the synaptic gap.
These chemical messengers interact with receptors without entering the cell and change the shape of receptor and deliver the message.