Geography
Assertion (A): Earth is a not a perfect sphere.
Reason (R): Earth is bulged in the equator and flattened at the poles.
- 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.
Planet Earth
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Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — The Earth is an Oblate Spheroid — slightly flattened at the poles and with a slight bulge at the Equator. Its shape is described as "Geoid", meaning "Earth shaped".
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