Question

Assertion(A): Leukoderma is the biological term for blood cancer.

Reason(R): An abnormal increase in the number of WBCs causes blood cancer.

Options

• (A) is true and (R) is false.

• (A) is false and (R) is true.

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

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

Answer 1

(A) is false and (R) is true.

Explanation:

Leukoderma causes white patches on the skin, not blood cancer, so (A) is false. An abnormal increase in WBCs causes leukaemia (blood cancer), so (R) is true.