Question

Assertion (A): Organ transplantation patients are given immunosuppressant drugs.

Reason (R): Transplanted tissues have antigens which canstimulate the specific immune response in the recipient.

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 (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).

Explanation:

Antigens on a transplanted organ can trigger an immune response and rejection. Immunosuppressant drugs reduce this response.