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Science · 2023 · 1 mark
CBSE 2023 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q18
Assertion (A) : Human populations show a great deal of variations in traits.
Reason (R) : All variations in a species have equal chances of surviving in the environment in which they live.
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From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(C)
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
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