Botany-Sewage Treatment

NEET Botany Sewage Treatment Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-assertion-Hard-Class 12

Assertion (A): Secondary treatment of sewage involves the use of mechanical agitation and aeration. | Reason (R): This process helps in the physical removal of floating debris and grit from sewage.

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.

Correct Answer

Option C

Detailed Explanation

Secondary treatment involves biological processes with mechanical agitation and aeration to promote microbial activity, not physical removal of debris, which is part of primary treatment.

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