Question

Assertion :Organic farming is very beneficial for farmers to increase crop production. Reason: Bacteria, fungi, mycorrhiza, cyanobacteria are better biofertilizer which fixes nitrogen and increase soil fertility.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

Organic farming is a method of farming system which primarily aimed at cultivating the land and raising crops in such a way to keep the soil alive and in good health by using organic wastes and other biological materials along with beneficial microbes or biofertilizers such as bacteria, fungi etc to release nutrients to crops for increased sustainable production in an eco friendly pollution free environment. A biofertilizer is a substance which contains living microorganisms which colonize the rhizosphere and promotes growth by fixing nitrogen. So organic farming is very beneficial for farmers to increase crop production by using biofertilizers.

So the correct answer is 'Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion'.