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Assertion (A): The energy transferred to a lion when it eats a deer is only a small fraction of the deer's total energy content.
Reason (R): Energy transfer is efficient at all trophic levels with nearly 90% of energy passed on to the next level.
Reason (R): Energy transfer is efficient at all trophic levels with nearly 90% of energy passed on to the next level.
- (a)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
- (b)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
- (c)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
- (d)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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(C) (A) is true but (R) is false (1 Mark)