Assertion: Organochlorine pesticides are organic compounds that have been chlorinated.
Reason: Fenitrothion is one of the organochlorine pesticides.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
Explanation:
Organochlorine are persistent pesticides (e.g. DDT) which pass into food chain and increase in amount per unit weight of organisms with the rise in trophic level. Fenitrothion is organophosphate.