Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A  and the other is labeled as Reason R.

Assertion A: Polluted water may have a value of BOD of the order of 17 ppm.

Reason R: BOD is a measure of oxygen required to oxidize both the biodegradable and non-biodegradable organic material in water

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Option 1 - <p>Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.</p>
Option 2 - <p>Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.</p>
Option 3 - <p>A is correct but R is not correct.</p>
Option 4 - <p>A is not correct but R is correct.</p>
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Detailed Solution:

Assertion : Clean water has BOD less than 5ppm. Highly polluted water has BOD greater than or equal to 17 ppm.

Reason : BOD is measure of oxygen required to oxidize only bio-degradable organic matter.

Thus Assertion (A) is correct & Reason (R) is wrong.

 

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BOD value less than 5ppm is considered as clean water and BOD value more than 10ppm is considered as polluted water.

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