UPPSC PCS 2022 · Question 71 of 150

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Agra and Darjeeling are located on the same latitude but temperature of January in Agra is 16° Centigrade whereas it is only 4° Centigrade in Darjeeling. Reason (R): Temperature decreases with height and due to thin air, places in the mountains are cooler than places in the plains. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code:

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1. ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)Correct
2. B(A) is true but (R) is false
3. CBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
4. D(A) is false but (R) is true