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Assertion: The length of the day is slow...

Assertion: The length of the day is slowly increasing.
Reason: The dominant effect causing a slowdown in the rotation of the earth is the gravitational pull of other planets in the solar system.

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If the both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

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If assertion is true but reason is false

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If both assertion and reason are false statements.

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D
Because of the gravotational pull of the other planets in the solar system, the earth cannot get slowed down in rotation. Because , if it happens so, it will affect the conservation of angular momentum which is not possible
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