Assertion: GM foods are facing widespread resistance by the people.

Reason: GM foods have mutated genes which cause infections and allergies.

• If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

• If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. 

• If assertion is true but reason is false. 

• If both assertion and reason are false.

A.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

The GM crops are fast becoming a part of agriculture throughout the world because of their contribution to the increased crop productivity and to global food, feed and fiber security, besides their use in health-care and industry.

However, GM foods are facing widespread resistance by the people from all over the world. It is because transgenes in commercial crops can endanger native species. For example, the gene for Bt toxin expressed in pollen might endanger pollinators like honeybees. These crops cause problems in human health by supplying allergens and transfer of antibiotic resistance markers. The GM crops may change the fundamental vegetable nature of plants as the genes from animals (e.g., fish or mouse) are being introduced into crop plants. GM foods also have a bad effect on environment and biodiversity.