Biology · The Living World

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): 'Dogs', 'Cats', 'Mammals', 'Wheat', and 'Animals' all represent taxa, but at different hierarchical levels. Reason (R): Taxa is the scientific term used for convenient categories into which organisms are grouped based on observable characters. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.