(C) Assertion $(A)$ is correct: Animal viruses typically contain either single-stranded $RNA$ $(ssRNA)$,double-stranded $RNA$ $(dsRNA)$,or double-stra

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Assertion is correct,but Reason is incorrect.

(C) Assertion $(A)$ is correct: Animal viruses typically contain either single-stranded $RNA$ $(ssRNA)$,double-stranded $RNA$ $(dsRNA)$,or double-stranded $DNA$ $(dsDNA)$ as their genetic material.Reason $(R)$ is incorrect: Phytophagineae (plant viruses) generally contain $ssRNA$ as their genetic material,not $dsDNA$.

Class 11 Biology Biological Classification Viruses, Viroids, Prions and Lichens

Medium

$A$: Viruses which infect animals generally possess $ssRNA$ or $dsRNA$ or $dsDNA$.
$R$: Phytophagineae generally contain $dsDNA$.

A
Assertion and Reason both are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B
Assertion and Reason both are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C
Assertion is correct,but Reason is incorrect.
D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.