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DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements one labelled as ?Assertion $A?$ and the other labelled as ?Reason $R?$ You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion $A$ and reason $R$ are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below.
Assertion (A): Role of oceans in supplying usable water is quite important.
Reason (R): When the sea water reaches us, in various other forms of sources of water, it is no more saline.
  • A
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • D
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer

Correct option: B.
Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A.$

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