Question

Assertion (A): An example of biopiracy is USA's patent of brazzein, a protein that was obtained from West African plant.

Reason (R): The plant Pentadiplandra brazzeana has been growing in the wild and not used by the locals for centuries.

विकल्प

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.

Answer 1

Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

Explanation:

The patenting of brazzein in the USA is an example of biopiracy because the protein comes from a West African plant known to local people. The plant and its sweet berries have been used by local people for centuries; the reason incorrectly says they were not used.