Question

Assertion (A): Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a procedure to form an embryo in vitro.

Reason (R): Sperm is directly injected into the ovum in the laboratory.

Options

• 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

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

Explanation:

ICSI forms an embryo in vitro by injecting a sperm directly into an ovum in the laboratory. The reason correctly describes the procedure that supports the assertion.