Assertion: An increase in the secretion of aldosterone [Conn’s syndrome] is characterized by muscle weakness and hypertension.
Reason: Aldosterone tends to promote and water retention, and lower plasma concentration
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.