| Options | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | Simple squamous epithelium | small | slender | Adhering junction |
| 2. | Compound epithelium | Tall | Thick | Gap junction |
| 3. | Simple squamous epithelium | Small | Slender | Gap junction |
| 4. | Compound epithelium | Tall | Slender | Adhering junction |
| 1. | Growth of cartilage is bidirectional |
| 2. | Cartilage is avascular |
| 3. | Matrix of cartilage is pliable |
| 4. | More than one options |
| 1. | 60-70% of bone is made of organic matter and 30-40% of inorganic matter |
| 2. | Most of the cartilage in vertebrate embryos are replaced by bones in adults |
| 3. | It bone is put in HCl, it becomes decalcified, soft and flexible |
| 4. | Spongy bone occurs in the deeper central parts of bone |
| 1. | Specialised connective tissue |
| 2. | Loose connective tissue |
| 3. | Dense connective tissue |
| 4. | Epithelial tissue |
| Assertion (A): | Bone possess a very hard matrix but cartilage has pliable matrix. |
| Reason (R): | Bone matric contain calcium salts but cartilage contain chondroitin salts. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are false |