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Assertion :The difference in the value of acceleration due to gravity at pole and equator is proportional to square of angular velocity of earth. Reason: The value of acceleration due to gravity is minimum at the equator and maximum at the pole.
  1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
  3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
  4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
B
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
C
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
D
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Effective acceleration due to gravity g=gRw2sin2λ where λ is the lattitude angle
At equator λ=90o ge=gRw2 (sin90o=1)
At poles λ=0o gp=g (sin0o=0)
gpge=g(gRw2)=Rw2
gpgew2
Hence, Assertion is correct.
Acceleration due to gravity at the surface of earth g=GMR2
But Rp<Re gp>ge
Hence, the reason statement is also correct but it does not explain the assertion correctly.

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