Assertion Sphagnum is slowly carbonised, compressed and fossilised over thousands of years to produce a dark spongy mass called peat
Reason. Peat helps to keep soil porous and it also improves water holding capacity of soil

Options

A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
D. If both assertion and reason are false.

Answer

B