Select the option that is appropriate regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion: Check dams of low height are constructed across the tributaries of rivers at different stages to arrest the sediments in the catchment area.
Reason: Check dams serve the purpose of detention reservoirs and keep all the sediments in suspension.
1
Assertion is true but Reason is false.
2
Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
3
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
4
Both Assertion and Reason are false.
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