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Assertion: The person with diabetes insipidus feels thirsty.

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Assertion: The person with diabetes insipidus feels thirsty.

Reason: A person with diabetes insipidus suffers from excess secretion of vasopressin.

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

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(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone is secreted by posterior pituitary gland. The deficiency of vassopressin results in a disorder known as diabetes insipidus. The main symptoms of diabetes insipidus are increase in thirst and increase in urination.

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