Question

Assertion: The living state is an equilibrium steady-state to be able to perform work.
Reason: Living process is a constant effort to prevent falling into non-equilibrium.
(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: Any system which is at equilibrium cannot perform work, A body should be continuously in a nonequilibrium state to perform work.

Complete answer:
In living organisms, different biomolecules constantly change to another biomolecule and this is a continuous process and this is termed metabolism. As living beings are continuously involved in metabolism which is a kind of work, therefore, living beings cannot attain an equilibrium, Without the metabolism existence of living beings is not possible as metabolism provides energy to living beings.
Living process and metabolism have the same meaning, without metabolism no living process is possible hence the living process can be stated as a constant effort to prevent falling into an equilibrium state.
Hence, the Living state is a nonequilibrium steady state to perform work and is a constant effort to prevent falling into equilibrium.

As, both Assertion and Reason are incorrect, therefore, option D is the correct.

Note: Each metabolic reaction leads to transformation of biomolecules which is also termed as turnover. There are many metabolic reactions for example Hydrolysis of a disaccharide is also a metabolic reaction, Metabolic reactions are not isolated as all the metabolic reactions are linked to each other and this is termed as metabolic pathway. This metabolic pathway can be linear or circular.