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 -

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

Option 2 -

Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Option 3 -

A is correct but R is not correct

Option 4 -

A is not correct but R is correct.

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    Raj Pandey | Contributor-Level 9

    2 months ago
    Correct Option - 3


    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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