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Assertion: Sphagnum is slowly carbonized, compressed, and fossilized over thousands of years to produce a dark spongy mass called peat.

Reason: Peat helps to keep soil porous and it also improves water holding capacity of the soil.

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Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion

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Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

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Assertion is true but reason is false

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Both assertion and reason are false

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Solution

The correct option is B Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
Most of the peat used is composed mainly of mosses from the genus Sphagnum that is slowly carbonised, compressed and fossilized over thousands of years.
Peat helps to keep soil porous and it also improves water holding capacity of the soil.

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