Multiple choice

Assertion (A): Drinking water is chlorinated. Reason (R): Chlorination makes water transparent, chemically rich and very nutritious.

  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 a correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true but R is false.

  4. A is false but R is true.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Chlorination is the process which is used to kill certain bacteria and other microbes in water as chlorine is highly toxic. Thus, the given assertion is true, but reason is not correct.

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