Civil Services UKPSC Lower PCS Mock Test Series 2024 General Knowledge Ecology and Environment Ecology and Functions of an ecosystem
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Gross primary productivity of an ecosystem is the rate of production of organic and inorganic matter.
Reason (R): Net primary productivity is the available biomass for consumption to heterotrophs.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is true, but (R) is false
4
(A) is false, but (R) is true