Assertion: Thermal power plants should be replaced by hydroelectric power plants.
Reason: Water used in hydroelectric power plants is an example of an inexhaustible natural resource and produces cleaner energy

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Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

Assertion is true, but reason is false.

Both assertion and reason are false.

answer is A.

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Thermal power plants use coal to produce electricity, which is an exhaustible natural resource and also causes air pollution by releasing pollutants such as CO and CO₂. So thermal power plants should be replaced with hydroelectric power plants, where water, which is an inexhaustible natural resource and a non-pollutant, is used to generate electricity.

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