Assertion: Herbarium is a store house of collected animal s…

Biology The Living World Assertion & Reason Single Correct MCQ

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Published on: August 21, 2026

Assertion: Herbarium is a store house of collected animal specimens that are dried, pressed

and preserved on sheets.

Reason: The herbarium sheets also carry a label providing information about only Zoological names.

Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.

Assertion is true but reason is wrong.

Assertion and reason both are wrong.

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The correct answer is:

• Assertion is wrong:

A herbarium is a storehouse of dried, pressed, and preserved plant specimens, not animal specimens.

• Reason is also wrong:

Herbarium sheet labels do not contain “only zoological names.” They include botanical information such as scientific name, family, locality, date of collection, collector’s name, etc.

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