Assertion: Old age is not an illness. It is a continuation of life with decreasing capacity for adaptation.
Reason: Cessation of mitosis is a normal genetically programmed event.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
Explanation:
Old age is the progressive deterioration in the structure and functioning of cells, tissues and organs and cessation of immune system.