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Read the given statement and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Tropical rainforests are disappearing fastly from developing countries such as Indai.
Statement 2 : No value is attached to these forests because these are poor in biodiversity.

A

If both the assertion and the reason one true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B

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

C

If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D

If both the assertion and reason are false

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c

Tropical rain forests are located in the equatorial regions wherever the annual rainfall exceeds 140 cm. They are also called jungles and cover one tweleveth of earth's surface but contain more than half of the earth flora and fauna (i.e, rich in biodversity). Now-a days these forests are becoming disappering due to excessive use in domestic purpose like fuel, furniture, accommondations, cloths, resin, gum, etc.
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