Q.

Assertion: Arctic’s ozone depletion tends to be milder and short lived than the Antarctic’s.
Reason: CFCs, Frigid temperatures and sunlight are not present at the Arctic at the same time.

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.

(1)

It is necessary to have all three at the same time for ozone layer to deplete. Thus, both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.