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[A] : In a food chain , membrane of succ...

[A] : In a food chain , membrane of successive higher levels are fewer in number .
[R] : Number of organisms at any trophic level depends upon the availability of organisms which serve as food at the lower level .

A

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

B

If both assertion and reason are true and the 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 statements.

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In a food chain the number of animals and biomass at the lower trophic level is abundant. Successive links of carnivores decreases rapidly in number until there are very few carnivores at the top.
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