Question

$\text{Assertion (A):}$ Losses in prestress of pretensioned beam are more than the losses in post-tensioned beam.
$\text{Reason (R)}:$ This is partially due to the effect of elastic shortening.

• A. both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
• C. A is true but R is false
• D. A is false but R is true

Answer 1

The correct option is A both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A