NEET Biology question

**Assertion:** In tropical rain forests, the O-horizon and A-horizon of the soil profile are shallow and nutrient-poor. **Reason:** Excessive growth of microorganisms in the soil depletes the organic content.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

Despite their lush vegetation, tropical rain forest soils genuinely have shallow, nutrient-poor organic (O) and topsoil (A) horizons because the warm, moist climate supports extremely vigorous microbial activity that rapidly decomposes

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