Environmental Studies Short Question | Gkseries

Question

Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Natural gas contributes less to smog formation than gasoline.

Reason (R) : Unburnt CH4 molecules are considerably less reactive with respect to the free radical chemistry for smog than the hydrocarbon molecules with more than one C atom.

A Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer & Explanation

Answer:Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).