Question

Assertion (A): Pollution works in mysterious ways.

Reason (R): One cannot see if the air being inhaled is clean or polluted.

Options

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct reason for A.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct reason for A.

• A is true, and R is false.

• A is false, and R is true.

Answer 1

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct reason for A.

Explanation:

Pollution often produces hidden, hard-to-detect effects, especially air pollution, and you cannot tell by sight whether the air you inhale is clean or polluted; that invisibility is exactly why pollution “works in mysterious ways.”