Geography
Assertion (A): Gulf stream flows in a clockwise direction.
Reason (R): In the Northern Hemisphere currents flow in a clockwise direction.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Answer
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — Since the speed of rotation of the earth is maximum at the Equator, all moving bodies (winds and ocean currents) move in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is why Gulf stream flows in a clockwise direction.
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Reason (R): The cold Arctic Current is responsible for frozen seas of the Labrador Current.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.