UPSC Geography Climate / जलवायु Question Bank Physiography and Climatic Zone

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    Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:       [LGC (Geog) 2016]
    Assertion [A]: Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of insolation.
    Reason [R]: The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.

    A)  Both A and R are true, and R is correct explanation of A.

    B)  Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A.

    C)  A is true, but R is false.

    D)  A is false, but R is true.

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of in salation because land is opaque while waiter is transparent to solar radiation.


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