Q.

Assertion: Energy available at each trophic level gets diminished progressively.
Reason: Little usable energy remains after four trophic levels.

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.

(3)

The energy available at each trophic level gets diminished progressively due to loss of energy at each level. The usable energy available at each trophic level gets diminished progressively due to loss of energy at each level. Thus, assertion is true but reason is false.