Select the option that is appropriate regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion: Due to the inherent nature of various parameters involved in the process, the yield from a catchment is a random variable.
Reason: The yield from a catchment is the end-product of various processes such as precipitation, infiltration and evapotranspiration operating on the catchment.
1
Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
2
Both Assertion and Reason are false.
3
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
4
Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.