Question

Assertion: Severe Acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originates in china.
Reason: China is the most populated country in the world.
a. Both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
b. Both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
c. Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect
d. Both Assertion and reason are incorrect

Answer 1

Hint: China is the first ranked country on the list of highest population of the world with the population over one lakh. The SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) – virus was identified in the year 2003. SARS-CoV is considered to be an animal virus from an as-yet-uncertain animal reservoir, probably bats, that spread to other animals most probably civet cats as well as the first infected humans in the Guangdong province of southern China was in the year 2002.

Complete answer:
SARS is an acronym stands for Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November in the year 2002 and July of the year 2003, an outbreak of SARS was reported in southern China caused by as eventual 8,098 cases, concluding in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries with the highest of cases in China according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Hence, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) originated in China as well as it is a true fact that China is the most populated country in the world.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B). Both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

Note: SARS a severe acute form of pneumonia caused by Metapontum virus a form of corona virus was first reported by WHO in the state of China – Beijing along with- Guangdong Hong Kong Taiwan and many more. Though China is the most populated country all around the globe. If it is not directly responsible for the origin of SARS disease. The killer pneumonia virus is accountable for SARS origin.