Question

Assertion: The use of natural predators like frogs and snakes helps control the pest population in agriculture.

Reason: Chemical pesticides such as DDT can effectively control the pest population.

Options

• Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Assertion is true and Reason is false.

• Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

Explanation:

Both statements are scientifically accurate on their own because biological predators and chemical pesticides like DDT both successfully manage agricultural pests. However, the reason describes a chemical eradication method, which does not explain or relate to the biological mechanism of using natural predators mentioned in the assertion.