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DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements one labelled as ?Assertion A? and the other labelled as ?Reason R? You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion A and reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below. Assertion (A): Level of ground water below the surface of Earth at a given place is known as water table. Reason (R): Excess use of groundwater in cities is resulting in lowering of water table.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is true but R is false.

D) A is false but R is true.