Geography
Assertion (A): The people working in the brick kiln are affected by lung diseases.
Reason (R): Brick kilns mostly use coal to burn the bricks.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
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Answer
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — Brick kilns mostly use coal to burn the bricks, which gives out huge quantity of Carbon dioxide and particulate matter such as smoke, a dust which is very harmful to the people working there and the areas surrounding it. The fine dust particulates cause lung diseases.
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