Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…

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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Oxygen deficient condition causes distortion of shape of RBC in sickle cell anaemia patients.

Reason (R): Mutated Haemoglobin molecules polymerizes under conditions of oxygen deficiency.

In the light of the above statements, choose the answer from the options given below:

  1. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
  2. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
  3. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4. Both (A) and (R) is the correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Answer

(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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