Geography
Assertion (A): All the moving bodies like oceans and winds are deflected towards the right in Northern Hemisphere and towards left in Southern Hemisphere.
Reason (R): Earth is revolving round the sun in its elliptical orbit.
- 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.
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Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation — All the moving bodies like oceans and winds are deflected towards the right in the Northern Hemisphere and towards left in the Southern Hemisphere due to Coriolis Force created because of the rotation of the Earth. This is called Ferrell's Law.
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