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Assertion:Sugar crops and starch crops are valuable as solar energy converters.
Reason:They provide both liquid and solid fuels.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If the assertion and reason both are false.

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Sugar crops (like sugarcane and sugar beet) and starch crops (like corn) are efficient is solar energy converters These crop not only give sugar which may be used directly or converted into ethanol (liquid fuel), but also give valuable byproducts such as bagasse, which can be used as solid fuels.
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