Q.

Assertion: Sometimes, the eye may gradually lose its power of accommodation.
Reason: The crystalline lens of people at old age becomes milky and cloudy.

1 Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.  
2 Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.  
3 Assertion is true, but reason is false.  
4 Assertion is false, but reason is true.  

Ans.

(2)

The person cannot see the objects distinctly and comfortably because of accommodation. The vision becomes blurred due to the refractive defects of the eye. Therefore, the given assertion is correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.