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Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: A community must be resistant to invasions by alien species. Reason: A stable community should not show too much variation in productivity from year to year.

Options

  1. ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
  2. BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
  4. DBoth Assertion and Reason are false

Correct answer

B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Step-by-step solution

A stable community should not show too much variation in productivity from year to year; it must be either resistant or resilient to occasional disturbances (natural or man-made), and it must also be resistant to invasions by alien species.

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