Given below are two statements - one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Most of the world's geothermal sites are located in the circum - pacific belt known as ‘Rim of Fire’.
Reasons (R): Geothermal fields require combination of three geological conditions - a natural underground source of water; an impermeable rock that traps water and allows formation of steam; and a large mass of hot rock in the vicinity of water system.
In the light of above two statements, choose the correct option:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is true but (R) is false.
4
(A) is false but (R) is true.