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Assertion : All the biodiversity hotspots put together cover less than 2 per cent of the Earth's land area.
Reason : The strict protection of the hotspots could reduce the ongoing mass extinction by almost 19 per cent.

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 both assertion and reason are false.

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C
All the biodiversity hotspots put together cover less than 2 per cent of the Earth's land area.
The strict protection of the hotspots could reduce the ongoing mass extinction by almost 30 per cent.
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