Join the Most Relevant JEE Main 2025 Test Series & get 99+ percentile! Join Now
Search any question & find its solution
Question: Answered & Verified by Expert
Assertion: The nymph of a cockroach undergoes moulting several times.
Reason : There is gradual metamorphosis in cockroach.
BiologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsAIIMSAIIMS 2015
Options:
  • A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B Ifboth assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • C If assertion is true but reason is false.
  • D If both assertion and reason are false.
Solution:
2550 Upvotes Verified Answer
The correct answer is: If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Gradual metamorphosis occurs in many insects such as cockroaches. In gradual metamorphosis, there are three stages: egg, nymph and adult. As nymphs, they moult several times (13 times in cockroach), but once they become adults they do not moult again. Nymphs are similar in shape to the adults, but smaller in size and without wings.

Looking for more such questions to practice?

Download the MARKS App - The ultimate prep app for IIT JEE & NEET with chapter-wise PYQs, revision notes, formula sheets, custom tests & much more.