Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Chlorine dioxide has certain advantages over free chlorine and hypochlorite in water disinfection.
Reason (R): Chlorine dioxide is an unstable gas and does not combine with ammonia or other natural organics to produce chloramines or chloroform.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct