Geography
Assertion (A): The water which gets collected under the surface of the land, known as underground water, remains in soil, sub-soil or bedrock.
Reason (R): The water from precipitation, that is from rain or snow flows on the surface.
- 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 but R does not explain A.
Explanation — The water from precipitation, that is from rain or snow flows on the surface. Some of the water evaporates and the rest sinks into the soil. The water which gets collected under the surface of the land, known as underground water, remains in soil, sub-soil or bedrock.
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Identify the Warm Currents flowing in the Atlantic ocean.
- Gulf Stream — North Atlantic Drift
- Labrador Current — Irminger Current
- Canaries Current — Cayenne Current
- Alaska Current — California Current
The Gulf Stream Current is deflected towards the east as a result of the earth's rotation and the westerlies to become the
- Labrador Current
- North Atlantic Drift
- Sargasso Sea
- Arctic Current
Assertion (A): On the seventh or eighth day of every fortnight a neap tide, which is lower in height than a low tide, occurs.
Reason (R): The tide producing forces of the sun and the moon work in opposite direction causing a low tide.
- 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.
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- Atlantic current
- Kuroshio current
- Oyashio current
- Newfoundland current