Assertion: Water hyacinth spread all over the water body in a short period of time and it is very difficult to get rid of them.
Reason: Water hyacinth propagate vegetatively at a phenomenal rate.

Options

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.

Answer

A

Explanation

• You must have heard about the scourage of the water bodies or about the "Terror of Bengal. This is nothing but the aquatic plant .water hyacinth..
• It in one of most invasive weeds found growing whereever there is standing water. It drains oxygen from the water, which leads to death of fishes.
• It is interesting to know that this plant was introduced in India because of its beautiful flowers and shape of leaves. Since it can propagate vegetatively at a phe-nomenal rate and spread all over the water body in a short period of time, it is very difficult to get rid of them.